| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M49687/01 |
| Title: |
PARTICLE SHAPE MEASUREMENT USING FLUCTUATIONS IN SCATTERED GAUSSIAN LIGHT |
| Principal Investigator: |
Smith, Professor P |
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| Department: |
Electronic, Electrical & Systems Enginee |
| Organisation: |
Loughborough University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 October 1999 |
Ends: |
30 September 2002 |
Value (£): |
30,117
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
Multiphase Flow |
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Chemicals |
| Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
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Recent work examining the fluctuations of coherent polarised light has revealed that correlations of components of the Stokes vector contain information that pertains to the shape of the particles causing the scattering. A prototype instrument will be constructed that automatically varies the input and scattered polarisation state with a view to constructing correlations between two components of the Stokes vector and then examining their dependence as a function of scattering angle. The data will be stored using a two-channel, photon-counting, data-storage and analysis system. Unlike any currently available system such as commercially available correlators, this system will provide maximum flexibility in the statistical measures to be made by simply recording the raw photon count data for subsequent computer analysis. The instrument will be used to thoroughly investigate various possible experimental arrangements and data processing techniques to assess the efectiveness for obtaining particle shape parameters. The experimental programme will include the manufacture of shaped test particles in a facility at Loughborough University which is unique in the UK.
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http://www.lboro.ac.uk |