BRDF light scatter measurements

As seen in Section 3 excellent insight into surface quality, defects, and bulk purity can be obtained from scatter measurements. Also, astute analysis can result in simple, inexpensive in-process and final quality control procedures for production of a variety of surfaces, materials, and optics. As can be seen, much can be learned from visual examination of BRDF plots and raster scans. This is often sufficient for pass/fail tests of product quality. The data can also be analyzed in more detail using various formulas and computer programs. In addition, because the data are digital, they can be rapidly analyzed by computer in on-line process control applications. SORIC and leaders in the stray light community have developed a BRDF database (16, 17) for commonly used surfaces and materials employed by scientists and engineers (18,19, 20, 21, 22, 23). 

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