Light scattering by microscopic spheres behind a glass-air interface

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

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1589-1594

  Jory, Michael J ^a   Perkins, Elaine A ^b   Sambles, J Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; GLASS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PRISMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SCATTERING ANGLES;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0042831013     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.001589     Document Type: Article

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