Complex refractive index of nonspherical particles in the visible near infrared region - Application to Bacillus subtilis spores

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 6183-6189

  Velazco Roa, Maria A ^a   Dzhongova, Elitsa ^a   Thennadil, Suresh N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; PLASMONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ADDING DOUBLING METHOD; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; MODELLING SCATTERING; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; VISIBLE NEAR INFRARED REGIONS; VISIBLE NEAR-INFRARED;

INFRARED DEVICES;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 58749093069     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.006183     Document Type: Article

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