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Refractometers are versatile in their design and use, and are able to provide results as refractive indices, or in other cases, as direct measurements of parameters such as soluble solids, sugar ...

Few people today would dispute that the use of Mie Theory provides the only route to accurate particle size analysis when measuring fine particles using laser diffraction. The international standard ...

Recent experiments that demonstrate the negative refraction of light could bring a heated scientific debate to a close, and give negative-index materials a positive future Figure 1: Negative-index ...