title: Correlation Characterization of Particles in Volume Based on Peak-to-Basement Ratio.
abstract: We propose a new express method of the correlation characterization of the particles suspended in the volume of optically transparent medium. It utilizes inline digital holography technique for obtaining two images of the adjacent layers from the investigated volume with subsequent matching of the cross-correlation function peak-to-basement ratio calculated for these images. After preliminary calibration via numerical simulation, the proposed method allows one to quickly distinguish parameters of the particle distribution and evaluate their concentration. The experimental verification was carried out for the two types of physical suspensions. Our method can be applied in environmental and biological research, which includes analyzing tools in flow cytometry devices, express characterization of particles and biological cells in air and water media, and various technical tasks, e.g. the study of scattering objects or rapid determination of cutting tool conditions in mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: ITMO University, Department of Photonics and Optical Information Technologies, Saint-Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
authors.forename: Tatiana A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Vovk
authors.affiliation: ITMO University, Department of Photonics and Optical Information Technologies, Saint-Petersburg, 199034, Russia.
authors.forename: Nikolay V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Petrov