Intraocular Scatter 1 Flashcards
When the scattering particles size is about the same size as the wavelength of light
Tyndall scattering (colloidal particle scattering)
What does tyndall scattering act like?
More like rayleigh
When ____________ are about the size of a wavelength wave effects result in tyndall scattering
Transparent particles
Tyndall scattering is _______ dependent scattering (almost)
Wavelength
Scattering profile of tyndall scattering
Scattering in more directions, not just forwards and back
There is no dramatic changes due to the _____ during tyndall scattering
Absorption. More like rayleigh
Tyndall scattering in opal
Tyndall scattering at these in-homogeneities leads to a bluish color in reflected light
What gives blue eyes there blue appearance?
Tyndall scattering in the iris stroma
Why does some of the light scatter back out of the eye in blue eyed people
In the absence of melanin, the translucent stroma scatter some of the light back out of the eye
Tyndall scattering in a blue takes place to a greater extent at the _____ wavelengths and it viewed against the dark background of the iris pigmented epithelium
Shorter
The blue iris is an example of a _________ color, unlike a pigmented color
Structural
Why do albinos have red eyes?
They do not produce melanin. Their eyes color is red because the blood vessels behind the eyes are visible
The incoherent scattering depends on the ________ size
Particles
Is there is a smaller wavelength, what kind of scattering?
Mie
What causes scattering in mie scattering?
Reflection and refraction Caucasus scattering
Direction of scattering mie scattering
Forward
Mie scattering is _______ independent
Wavelength
Example of mie scattering
Whiteness of the clouds
What kind of scattering has particle size equal to the wavelength of light
Tyndall
What causes the scattering in tyndalll
Interior wave effects causes scattering (diffraction)
Direction of scattering in tyndall
Spread light out in more direction
Tyndall scattering is ________ dependent
Wavelength
Examples of tyndall scattering
Halos seen though a fogged up car window
If the particle size is smaller than that of the wavelength, what type of scattering?
Rayleigh