Coherent reflection of light from a turbid suspension of particles in an internal-reflection configuration: Theory versus experiment

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6723-6737

  García Valenzuela, Augusto ^a   Barrera, Rubén G ^a,c   Sánchez Pérez, Celia ^a   Reyes Coronado, Alejandro ^a   Méndez, Eugenie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c Centro de Investigacion en Polimeros SA deCV   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; COLLOIDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TURBIDITY;

COHERENT SCATTERING; INTERNAL REFLECTION; LATEX PARTICLES; POLYDISPERSE SUSPENSIONS;

LIGHT REFLECTION;

EID: 24944453872     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006723     Document Type: Article

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