Extended adding-doubling method for fluorescent applications

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 17856-17872

  Leyre, Sven ^a,b   Durinck, Guy ^a,b   Van Giel, Bart ^a,b   Saeys, Wouter ^b   Hofkens, Johan ^b   Deconinck, Geert ^b   Hanselaer, Peter ^a,b  

^a ODISEE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CALCULATION TIME; FLUORESCENT MATERIALS; ITERATIVE PROCESS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; REFLECTANCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84864609639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.017856     Document Type: Article

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