Optics in forensics: Separating science from fiction

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 20-27

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EID: 34249671830     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPN.18.4.000020     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. D.A. Stoney. "Optical Methods and Forensic Science," Opt. Photon. News 9(4), 23 (April 1998).
2. T.J. Wilkinson et al. "Physics and forensics," Phys. World 15(3), 43 (March 2002).
3. S. Lin et al. "Polarization-based and specular-reflection-based noncontact latent fingerprint imaging and lifting," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 23, 2137 (2006).
4. A. Masters. "New lasers speed evidence recovery," Forensic Magazine, December 2006/January 2007 (www.forensicmag.com/articles.asp?pid=121).
5. S. Bell. "Forensic Microfluidics," online at www.wvu.edu/-forensic_chem/Forensic%20microfluidics.htm.
6. T.J. Wilkinson et al. "Use of Synchrotron Reflectance Infrared Spectromicroscopy as a Rapid, Direct, Non-Destructive Method for the Study of Inks on Paper," online at https://www-als.lbl.gov/als/compendium/ AbstractManager/uploads/01107.pdf.
7. Web sites of products and companies mentioned in the article include NarTest Technologies, www.nartest.com, and Coherent Inc., www.coherent.com.
8. The Web page www.daubertontheweb.com provides a discussion of the so-called Daubert criteria for admissibility of evidence.