Forward scattering induced by water drops on a transmissive substrate

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 5122-5129

  Pollet, Ivan V ^a   Pieters, Jan G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; GLASS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; SUBSTRATES;

FORWARD SCATTERING; TRANSMISSIVE SUBSTRATES;

INFRARED RADIATION;

EID: 0037143938     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.005122     Document Type: Article

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