Optical characterization of fritted glass for architectural applications

Optical Materials

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 949-958

  Jonsson, Jacob C ^a   Rubin, Michael D ^a   Nilsson, Annica M ^a,b   Jonsson, Andreas ^b   Roos, Arne ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BRDF; BTDF; Fritted glass; Integrating sphere; Light scattering

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLASS;

BI-DIRECTIONAL SCATTERING DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; BRDF; BTDF; DAYLIGHTING SYSTEMS; INTEGRATING SPHERES; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SURFACE PROFILOMETRY;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 62549141779     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2008.10.050     Document Type: Article

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