Higher-order perturbation theory for the diffusion equation in heterogeneous media: application to layered and slab geometries

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Sassaroli, Angelo ^a   Martelli, Fabrizio ^b   Fantini, Sergio ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; GEOMETRY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; EFFECTIVE DIAMETER; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; HIGHER-ORDER PERTURBATION THEORY; MEAN OPTICAL PATH LENGTH; PERTURBATION THEORY; SLAB GEOMETRY;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTION; DIFFUSION; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 65249114229     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000D62     Document Type: Article

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