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Light interacts with matter. This is the foundation for all the rich phenomena and useful applications associated with light and biological media. The interaction takes many forms. Light can be absorbed, or transmitted, or reflected, or scattered.
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Nolte, D.D. (2012). Diffraction and Light Scattering. In: Optical Interferometry for Biology and Medicine. Bioanalysis, vol 1. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0890-1_2
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