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We present new method for the numerical reconstruction of the variable refractive index of multi-layered circular weakly guiding dielectric waveguides using the measurements of the propagation constants of their eigenwaves. Our numerical…
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A differential interference contrast microscopy technique, which employs a photonic crystal fiber as a white-light source, is used to measure both the real and imaginary parts of the complex dielectric constant of single 10 and 15 nm gold…
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