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Measuring Spatially- and Directionally-varying Light Scattering from Biological Material
Published on: May 20, 2013
[Experimental determination of radiation scattering and absorption coefficients in a homogeneous layer of
Abstract:
A method for experimental determination of optical characteristics of a highly-dispersive medium (radiation scattering and absorption coefficients) is described. The method is based on two mathematical models of ultrashort laser pulse propagation through a highly-dispersive medium (HDM), an axial model and a diffusion model. Milk dissolved in water was used as HDM. Dependences of optical characteristics of HDM on the concentration of milk in water are obtained. The limits of applicability of the axial and diffusion models to media with different scattering and absorption characteristics are determined.

