A discussion of noise in dynamic light scattering for particle sizing

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 406-413

  Yang, Hui ^a   Zheng, Gang ^a   Li, Meng Chao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic light scattering; Particle sizing; Photon correlation spectroscopy; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION DETECTORS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM NOISE; THERMAL BLOOMING;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; HIGH-QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; INTERNAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PARTICLE SIZING; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SINGLE TRANSVERSE MODES; STRONG ABSORPTIONS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 63349107917     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: 15214117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.200701101     Document Type: Article

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