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Diameter and Refractive Index of a Cylindrical Thread Determined by Scattered Light Pattern

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We have devised a method of determining the optimal value of both the refractive index n and the diameter D of a transparent cylinder by the scattering intensity pattern over a wide range of scattering angle. We have shown that the method is stable to small variations of data for the sample with D#x2272;10#x03BB; (wavelength) and could specifically determine the parameters of a spider#x0027;s thread as n = 1.520 (#x2212;0.033, #x002B;0.033), D=0.564 (#x2212;0.009, #x002B;0.011)#x03BC;m for #x03BB; = 632.8 nm.

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  1. Science Education Division, Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan

    Yoshio Nishiyama & Yasuhiro Ishizuka

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan

    Susumu Kurita & Ikuo Yamamoto

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Education, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan

    Toru Watanabe, Daisuke Kobayashi, Ken-ichi Odanaka & Yuka Hyogo

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Nishiyama, Y., Kurita, S., Yamamoto, I. et al. Diameter and Refractive Index of a Cylindrical Thread Determined by Scattered Light Pattern. OPT REV 8, 90–94 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-001-0090-9

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