Investigator: Viveka Anderberg

This master's thesis project is performed in cooperation between the Division of Atomic Physics, Lund University, and the Danish company FOSS. The purpose  of the project was to investigate the optical properties of some  our and grain samples, for which FOSS develops instruments. This was accomplished by using time-of- ight spectroscopy, which means that light is sent into the sample in one point, and detected in another. Depending on the optical properties of the material, different amounts of light will be absorbed, i.e. it will not reach the detector, or scattered, i.e. it will change direction inside the sample. By analysing the detected light it is possible to draw conclusions about the physical and chemical properties of the material.

Diploma thesis