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Title: Relation between the diffraction pattern visibility and dispersion of particle sizes in an ektacytometer

Journal Article · · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

We have calculated the angular distribution of the light intensity in the diffraction pattern arising upon scattering of a laser beam on a suspension of red blood cells in an ektacytometer. We have estimated the diffraction pattern visibility in the region of the first diffraction minimum and the first diffraction maximum as a function of particle size variation. It is shown that in this fragment of the diffraction pattern its visibility decreases already twofold in the case of a standard deviation of the particle size from the average value, equal to 8%.

OSTI ID:
22043681
Journal Information:
Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 41, Issue 9; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7818
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English