title: Separation and analysis of forward scattered power in laboratory measurements of light beam transmittance through a turbid medium.
abstract: In laboratory measurements of the transmittance of a light beam through a diffusing medium (water plus latex spheres), a distinction between the attenuated beam power and the received forward scattered power was made possible by the use of a transmissometer whose receiver has a variable field of view. The dependence of the received scattered power on the FOV angle and on the medium optical depth was analyzed. The deduced separated contributions of first- and second-order scattering, as well as the total received scattered power, were compared to the results of calculations.
authors.affiliation: University of Florence, Physics Department, Via Santa Marta 3, 50139 Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Battistelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bruscaglioni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ismaelli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lo Porto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zaccanti