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Instrumentation to measure the backscattering coefficient bb for arbitrary phase functions

David Haubrich, Joe Musser, and Edward S. Fry  »View Author Affiliations


Applied Optics, Vol. 50, Issue 21, pp. 4134-4147 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.004134


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Abstract

A single detector instrument concept that collects scattered light over the full range of backscattering angles is described. Its light collection aperture is designed so as to introduce a sin ⁡ θ factor into the collection probability. Hence, the instrument is exactly a b b meter; it directly measures b b , not a proxy for it. For an infinitesimal aperture to the detector, the instrument would give b b exactly; for a finite aperture (e.g., 1.26   cm 2 ), it would typically give b b to an accuracy of a few tenths of 1 % . The instrumentation itself is as simple as that of the well-known fixed-angle meters—it projects a beam of light into the medium and collects backscattered light with a single detector; the differences are the position of the detector and the shape/orientation of the entrance aperture to the detector.

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OCIS Codes
(010.4450) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Oceanic optics
(120.5820) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Scattering measurements
(290.1350) Scattering : Backscattering
(010.4458) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Oceanic scattering
(010.1350) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Backscattering

ToC Category:
Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

History
Original Manuscript: April 29, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: May 18, 2011
Published: July 19, 2011

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Vol. 6, Iss. 8 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
August 5, 2011 Spotlight on Optics

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David Haubrich, Joe Musser, and Edward S. Fry, "Instrumentation to measure the backscattering coefficient bb for arbitrary phase functions," Appl. Opt. 50, 4134-4147 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-50-21-4134


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