Compact laser light-scattering instrument for microgravity research

Richard B. Rogers; William V. Meyer; Jixiang Zhu; Paul M. Chaikin; William B. Russel; Min Li; Walter B. Turner

doi:10.1364/AO.36.007493

Compact laser light-scattering instrument for microgravity research

Richard B. Rogers, William V. Meyer, Jixiang Zhu, Paul M. Chaikin, William B. Russel, Min Li, Walter B. Turner

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Abstract

NASA has developed a compact laser light-scattering instrument that employs both static and dynamic light-scattering techniques for microgravity research. The first use of this instrument was to study the behavior of colloidal hard spheres in a reduced gravity environment during the Second United States Microgravity Laboratory space shuttle mission. We discuss the instrument design and possible improvements based on our observations of significant differences between hard-sphere behavior in Earth's gravity and microgravity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7493-7500
Number of pages	8
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	36
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.36.007493
State	Published - Oct 20 1997

Keywords

Dynamic light scattering
Hard spheres
Microgravity
Static light scattering

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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