Discrete-ordinates solution of short-pulsed laser transport in two-dimensional turbid media

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 3156-3163

  Guo, Zhixiong ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TURBIDITY;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0001461198     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.003156     Document Type: Article

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