@inbook{9305d7089cea4afaa37a9d9d8cd8cec5,
title = "Introduction to light and optics",
abstract = "An introduction to light and optics is presented in this chapter, with emphasis on light properties that are related to transparent soil modeling. Simple theories which are required for understanding the light behavior in transparent synthetic soils, including propagation of light, refraction, reflection, and speckle effects are presented.",
author = "Magued Iskander and Samer Sadek",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-02501-3_3",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783642025006",
series = "Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "19--25",
booktitle = "Modelling with Transparent soils",
}