INFRARED DIFFUSER FOR APPLICATION IN TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION AT 10.6 MU-M

Authors
BJUGGREN M KRUMMENACHER L MATTSSON L
Citation
M. Bjuggren et al., INFRARED DIFFUSER FOR APPLICATION IN TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION AT 10.6 MU-M, Applied optics, 36(4), 1997, pp. 940-948
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
940 - 948
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:4<940:IDFAIT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A near-Lambertian diffuser for the infrared wavelength of 10.6 mu m th at operates in both the transmission mode and the reflection mode has been made. The diffuser is a porous sodium chloride window with the ph ysical advantages and disadvantages of sodium chloride as an optical m aterial. It is simple to manufacture because of the water solubility o f the salt. The bidirectional scattering distribution function is near ly flat for all scattering and incidence angles. In addition, the diff user effectively depolarizes the scattered radiation. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America