Lateral photon transport in dense scattering and weakly absorbing media of finite thickness: Asymtotic analysis of the space-time Green function

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

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1018-1025

  Polonsky, Igor N ^a   Davis, Anthony B ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; REMOTE SENSING;

DIFFUSION APPROXIMATION; RADIAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIANCE INTENSITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; WIDE ANGLE IMAGING LIDAR;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 2942706011     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.001018     Document Type: Article

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