Reconstruction of particle-size distributions from light-scattering patterns using three inversion methods

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-132

  Vargas Ubera, Javier ^a   Aguilar, J Félix ^a   Gale, David Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DECOMPOSITION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

INTENSITY DATA; MIE THEORY; SPHERICAL PARTICLES; THREE INVERSION METHODS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846853284     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.000124     Document Type: Article

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