Determination of complex refractive index of polystyrene microspheres from 370 to 1610 nm

2003/12/05 by Xiaoyan Ma, Jun Q. Lu, Jun Q Lu +7 · 2 citations
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · Engineering · #Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques #Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies #Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

paper · doi:10.1088/0031-9155/48/24/013

Abstract

We introduce an inverse method for determining simultaneously the real and imaginary refractive indices of microspheres based on integrating sphere measurements of diffuse reflectance and transmittance, and Monte Carlo modelling in conjunction with the Mie theory. The results for polystyrene microspheres suspended in water are presented.

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