Ray model of light scattering by flake pigments or rough surfaces with smooth transparent coatings

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1266-1274

  Germer, Thomas A ^a   Marx, Egon ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH INTENSITY LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAY TRACING; REFLECTION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSPARENCY;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; FLAKE PIGMENTED COATING; RAY MODEL; TRANSPARENT COATINGS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 1542276729     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.001266     Document Type: Article

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