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Optical Attenuation

Optical Attenuation is the reduction in light intensity as it propagates through biological tissue, resulting from the combined effects of absorption and scattering processes that distinguish it from other optical propagation phenomena.

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BOTDA-nondestructive measurement of single-mode optical fiber attenuation characteristics using Brillouin interaction: theory

T. Horiguchi, Mitsuhiro Tateda · Journal of Lightwave Technology · 1989 · 523 citations

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Gold Nanocages for Biomedical Applications

Sara E. Skrabalak, Jingyi Chen, Leslie Au et al. · Advanced Materials · 2007 · 505 citations · Full text

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Low loss broadband transmission in hypocycloid-core Kagome hollow-core photonic crystal fiber

Yingying Wang, Natalie V. Wheeler, F. Couny et al. · Optics Letters · 2011 · 425 citations

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Deep optical imaging of tissue using the second and third near-infrared spectral windows

Laura A. Sordillo, Yang Pu, Sebastião Pratavieira et al. · Journal of Biomedical Optics · 2014 · 396 citations · Full text

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Optical time domain reflectometer

M. K. Barnoski, M. D. Rourke, S. M. Jensen et al. · Applied Optics · 1977 · 343 citations

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Authors

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  1. RK
    Ruikang K. Wang

    University of Washington, United States

    9 publications · 409 citations

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  2. VV
    Valery V. Tuchin

    Saratov State University, Russia

    8 publications · 414 citations

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  3. EL
    Erich Leitgeb

    Graz University of Technology, Austria

    7 publications · 288 citations

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  4. LV
    Lihong V. Wang

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    7 publications · 569 citations

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  5. EJ
    E. J. Friebele

    United States Naval Research Laboratory, United States

    7 publications · 316 citations

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Institutions

825

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    14 h-index

    53 publications

    5.2K citations

  2. United States Naval Research Laboratory

    Washington, United States

    12 h-index

    31 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. NTT (Japan)

    Tokyo, Japan

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    687 citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    36 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Corning (United States)

    Corning, United States

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    2.5K citations

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  1. Applied Optics

    55 publications · 2.7K citations

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  2. Journal of Biomedical Optics

    30 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Optics Express

    29 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

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  4. Optics Letters

    24 publications · 1.8K citations

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