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Limits of optical transmission measurements with application to particle sizing techniques
N L Swanson1, B D Billard, T L Gennaro
1Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, Virginia 22448, USA. nswanso@nswc.navy.mil
Applied Optics
|March 8, 2008
Abstract:
Considerable confusion exists regarding the applicability limits of the Bouguer-Lambert-Beer law of optical transmission. We review the derivation of the law and discuss its application to the optical thickness of the light-scattering medium. We demonstrate the range of applicability by presenting a method for determining particle size by measuring optical transmission at two wavelengths.

