Experiments on light scattering and extinction by small, micrometer-sized aggregates of spheres

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1175-1180

  Schnaiter, Martin ^a   Wurm, Gerhard ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; FRACTALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

COLLIMATED DUST BEAMS; LIGHT EXTINCTION;

PARTICLE OPTICS;

EID: 0037138324     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001175     Document Type: Article

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