Optical scattering by biological aerosols: Experimental and computational results on spore simulants

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 6942-6950

  Sindoni, Orazio I ^a   Saija, Rosalba ^b   Iatì, Maria Antonia ^b   Borghese, Ferdinande ^b   Denti, Paolo ^b   Fernandes, Gustavo E ^c   Pan, Yong Le ^c   Chang, Richard K ^c  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE OPTICS;

AEROSOL CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; OPTICAL SCATTERING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ANGULAR OPTICAL SCATTERING (TAOS);

AEROSOLS;

EID: 33746360866     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006942     Document Type: Article

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