Retroreflectance from a dense distribution of spherical particles

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 1984, Pages 831-835

  Kuga, Yasuo ^a   Ishimaru, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0021479756     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.1.000831     Document Type: Article

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