Measuring particle size distributions via the polarization dependence of second harmonic generation

Author

Beeker, Willem P. ; Lee, Chris J. ; Strachan, Clare J. ; Boller, Klaus J.

Author_Institution

Laser Phys. & Nonlinear Opt. Group, Univ. of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present a method to determine particle size distributions in powders, based on the polarization dependent second harmonic generation (SHG). Unlike existing methods, dilution is not required and is largely insensitive to the optical alignment.

Keywords

light scattering; optical harmonic generation; optical microscopy; particle size measurement; powders; particle size distribution measurement; polarization dependent second harmonic generation; Frequency conversion; Laser modes; Light scattering; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Particle measurements; Particle scattering; Size measurement; (120.0280) Remote sensing and sensors; (190.3970) Microparticle nonlinear optics; (290.1350) Backscattering; (290.5820) Scattering measurements; (290.5850) Scattering, particles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224398