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Systems of Multiple Reflections

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Applied Photometry, Radiometry, and Measurements of Optical Losses

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As seen in Chaps. 2 and 5, expanding the effective optical path length or the number of light interactions with the object under study increases the sensitivity to the optical properties of the object. Therefore, it is prevalent to desire as many interactions as possible when looking for the highest sensitivity to optical losses. However, if the object’s refractive index n is different from that of its surroundings (see relations (1.102), (1.103)), the losses at two boundaries can overcome the loss being measured by their uncertainty.

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Bukshtab, M. (2012). Systems of Multiple Reflections. In: Applied Photometry, Radiometry, and Measurements of Optical Losses. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 163. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2165-4_6

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