Spherical particle size determination by analytical inversion of the UV–visible–NIR extinction spectrum

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 193-197

  Wang, Jianhong ^a   Hallett, F Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inverse problem and light scattering; Optical characterization; Particle size measurement; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007712852     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000193     Document Type: Article

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