Estimation of complex refractive index of polydisperse particulate systems from multiple-scattered ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3730-3735

  Velazco Roa, M A ^a   Thennadil, S N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYSTYRENES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

POLYSTYRENE SUSPENSIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION (RTE); TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 34447646744     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.003730     Document Type: Article

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