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Characteristic
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- Spherical, non-porous
and opaque particles,
- Diameter d > wavelength
l,
- Particles are distant
enough from each other,
- Random motion,
- All the particles diffract
the light with the same efficiency, regardless of.
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| Principle |
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circular,
- consisting in concentric
rings I = f (a),
- spacing and size of the
rings are linked to the particle size,
- the fist zero angle is
related to the diameter d by 1.22 l/d,
- 75% of the total energy
is concentrated in the first lobe.
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| Aspect
of the diffraction pattern with respect to the particle size |
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The
observation of the diffraction pattern at finite distance
is done through a lens (L) placed between the laser source and the detector |
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System
for a large particle
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System
for a small particle
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- The diffraction patterns
of particles having the same size converge at the same point whatever
them location with respect to the lens,
- The first zero on the
detector is 1.22 lf/d where f is the focal
length.
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