Circular-array optical-fiber probe for backscattering photon correlation spectroscopy measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 34, 1996, Pages 6775-6780

  Brenci, Massimo ^a   Mencaglia, Andrea ^a   Mignani, Grazia ^a   Pieraccini, Massimiliano ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colloidal solutions; Dynamic light scattering; Optical fibers; Particle size analysis; Photon correlation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROBES; SPECTROSCOPY;

COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; OPTICAL FIBER PROBE; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0030388494     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006775     Document Type: Article

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