Note on light attenuation by scattering: Comparison of coherent and incoherent (diffusion) approximations

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 705-709

  Holoubek, Jaroslav ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Diffusion approximation; Light scattering and transmission; Optical properties of polymers; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000895048     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601871     Document Type: Article

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