Determination of particle size by using the angular distribution of backscattered light as measured with low-coherence interferometry

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

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 737-744

  Wax, Adam ^a   Yang, Changhuei ^a   Backman, Vadim ^a   Kalashnikov, Maxim ^a   Dasari, Ramachandra R ^a   Feld, Michael S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PHOTOCURRENTS;

LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

ARTICLE; INTERFEROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

INTERFEROMETRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0036546728     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.000737     Document Type: Article

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