title: Determination of complex refractive index of polystyrene microspheres from 370 to 1610 nm.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Jun Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Brock
authors.forename: Kenneth M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xin-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008863:Microspheres; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010316:Particle Size; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011137:Polystyrenes