Investigation of two-layered turbid media with time-resolved reflectance

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 6852-6862

  Kienle, Alwin ^a,b   Glanzmann, Thomas ^a   Wagnières, Georges ^a   Van den Bergh, Hubert ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 0000112421     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006852     Document Type: Article

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