Nanoscale structure of dissolved air bubbles in water as studied by measuring the elements of the scattering matrix.
Results of experiments with laser modulation interference microscopy and the Mueller-matrix scatterometry show that macroscopic scatterers of light waves are present in doubly distilled water free of external solid impurities. The experimental data can be interpreted using a computational model of micron-scale clusters composed of polydisperse air bubbles having effective radii of 70-90 nm. The fractal dimension of such clusters was evaluated as 2.4-2.8 and their concentration appeared to be approximately 10(6) cm(-3).
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A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova, 38, Moscow 119991, Russia. nbunkin@kapella.gpi.ru
Suyazov
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Shkirin
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Ignatiev
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Indukaev
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