Reflectance and scattering properties of highly absorbing black appliqués over a broadband spectral region

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 34, 2001, Pages 6260-6264

  Meier, Steven R ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATES;

SPECTRAL REGION;

LIGHT ABSORPTION;

EID: 0037811960     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.006260     Document Type: Article

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