Refractive index measurement of biological particles in visible region

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6954, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Limsui, D ^a   Carr, A K ^a   Thomas, M E ^a   Boggs, N T ^a   Joseph, R I ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffraction theory; Biological cross section; Dispersion; Index of refraction; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS DIFFRACTION; BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE (BW); CHEMICAL , BIOLOGICAL , RADIOLOGICAL , NUCLEAR (CBRN); CROSS SECTIONING; CROSS SECTIONS (CS); DUAL BEAMS; FOURIER TARASNFORM INFRARED (FTIR) SYSTEMS; INDEX OF REFRACTION; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY (JHU/APL); OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL CROSS SECTION (OCS); REFRACTIVE INDEX (RI) MEASUREMENT; SILICA MICRO SPHERES; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENTS; STAND-OFF DETECTION; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; VISIBLE REGIONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; EXPLOSIVES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENTS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PIGMENTS; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS);

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 44949167470     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.777648     Document Type: Conference Paper

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