Light Scatter in Optical Materials: Advanced Haze Modeling

Abstract

A simple scatterometer was constructed and used to make optical scatter measurements for four haze-standard samples. The scatter data were compared with independent measurements collected using a more sensitive and validated scatterometer and the results compared well. The scatter data were then imported into a modeling environment and modified using various built-in scatter editors. The scatter model showed a similar trend to the laboratory measurements, but produced significantly lower scatter values. Additional scatter measurements were made, and implemented with a surface scatter model and a volumetric scatter model, adjusted with correction factors to try to improve the match between the model and the laboratory measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2017
Accession Number
AD1040196

Entities

People

  • Barry P. Goettl
  • Brenda J. Novar
  • Michael A. Guevara
  • Peter A. Smith
  • Thomas K. Kuyk
  • William R. Brockmeier

Organizations

  • 711th Human Performance Wing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Detectors
  • Geometry
  • Light Scattering
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Observers
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Materials
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Scatterometers
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Spectroscopy.