Keywords

Electromagnetic waves -- Scattering, Laser beams -- Scattering, Laser speckle, Radiation -- Scattering, Photon transport in dense particulate media, Single- and multiple-scatter separation, Radiative transfer estimation, Source–detector–particle geometry, Predicted scattered energy toward detector

Abstract

Lights is almost always detected by its interaction with matter. One of these interaction phenomena is the scattering of light by small particles. A model is developed that estimates the amount of energy that is scattered towards a detector from a beam given the locations of the source, detector and particle. This collection of particles is allowed to be very dense so that a photon scattered from the beam can be scattered several times before leaving the scattering medium. By considering the single-scatter component and multiple-scatter component separately, the model retains the characteristics of both types.

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Graduation Date

1984

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Phillips, Ronald L.

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Engineering

Degree Program

Engineering

Format

PDF

Pages

49 pages

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Identifier

DP0015944

Subjects

Light--Scattering--Mathematical models; Scattering (Physics)--Mathematical models; Multiple scattering (Physics); Light--Scattering--Statistical methods; Light--Scattering--Measurement

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