Monte carlo simulations of the extinction rate of densely packed spheres with clustered and nonclustered geometries

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 1772-1781

  Zurk, L M ^a   Tsang, L ^a   Ding, K H ^b   Winebrenner, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84975623949     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.12.001772     Document Type: Article

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