Theory of diffusive light scattering from disordered materials [also Letters 34(11)3344-3346(Nov1995)]

Sara McMurry; Denis Weaire; James G. Lunney; Stefan Hutzler

doi:10.1117/12.186402

1 December 1994 Theory of diffusive light scattering from disordered materials [also Letters 34(11)3344-3346(Nov1995)]

Sara McMurry, Denis Weaire, James G. Lunney, Stefan Hutzler

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 12, (December 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.186402

Abstract

It is suggested that the measurement of the angular distribution of light transmitted through a thick slab of diffusively scattering material may provide information about the nature of the local scattering events. Monte Carlo simulations indicate that the angular distribution depends on ℓ/ℓ* where ℓ and ℓ* are the true and transport mean free paths, respectively, and this dependence is confirmed analytically using a modified diftusion model. Preliminary experimental results for liquid and solid foams are explicable in terms of strong forward scattering in the individual scattering events.

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Sara McMurry, Denis Weaire, James G. Lunney, and Stefan Hutzler "Theory of diffusive light scattering from disordered materials [also Letters 34(11)3344-3346(Nov1995)]," Optical Engineering 33(12), (1 December 1994). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.186402

Published: 1 December 1994

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