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J.R. Birch
Researcher at National Physical Laboratory
Publications - 50
Citations - 681
J.R. Birch is an academic researcher from National Physical Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fourier transform spectroscopy & Fourier transform. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 50 publications receiving 673 citations.
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The optical constants of some common low-loss polymers between 4 and 40 cm -1
J.R. Birch,J.D. Dromey,J. Lesurf +2 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the results of the determination of both the refractive index and the power absorption coefficient of seven common polymers (low and high density polyethylene, polyamide, polymethyl methacrylate, polytetrafluorethylene, polystyrene and poly 4 methyl pentene-1) at a temperature of 290K in the spectral region between 4 and 40cm −1 by the techniques of dispersive Fourier transform spectrometry are presented.
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The far-infrared optical constants of polypropylene, PTFE and polystyrene
TL;DR: In this article, the far-infrared optical constants of polypropylene, PTFE and polystyrene have been determined in the spectral region between 50 and 500 cm −1 at a temperature of 290 K by the method of dispersive Fourier transform spectroscopy.
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The far infrared optical constants of polyethylene
TL;DR: In this paper, the optical constants of high and low density polyethylene have been determined in the far infrared spectral region between 50 and 450 cm−1 at a temperature of 293 K.
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The refractive index of water vapour: A comparison of measurement and theory
A.J. Kemp,J.R. Birch,M. N. Afsar +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the real refractive index of water vapour between 10 and 50 cm −1 using the Gross line shape has been compared with measurements made using dispersive Fourier transform spectrometry.
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An interferometer for the determination of the temperature variation of the complex refraction spectra of reasonably transparent solids at near-millimetre wavelengths
J.R. Birch,Kong Fan Ping +1 more
TL;DR: An interferometer for the determination of the temperature variation of the complex refraction spectra of reasonably transparent solids at near-millimetre wavelengths is described in this paper, where measurements are made by the technique of DFTS.