Appl Opt. 1988 Sep 15;27(18):3833-7. doi: 10.1364/AO.27.003833.
Applied optics
A Roos, C G Ribbing
PMID: 20539472 DOI: 10.1364/AO.27.003833
A new formalism is derived for the analysis of signal output from double-beam integrating spheres. The analysis explicitly considers the effects of port losses and a non-Lambertian sample surface and introduces a separation of the diffusely reflected light into two parts: one which should be analyzed as a specular component and one which is fully diffuse. An experimental procedure to determine the two parameters in the formalism is described for two cases, a brushed copper and a rolled aluminum surface, and it is experimentally verified that the formalism eliminates spurious structure from the barium sulfate reference. A criterion is also given for the selection of barium sulfate or polytetrafluorethylene powder as a reference material.