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angle of incidence
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angle of incidence,
the angle at which an ultrasound beam hits the interface between two different types of tissues, such as the facing surfaces of bone and muscle. The angle is also affected by the difference in acoustic impedance of the different tissues.


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Optical scattering measurements using a newly constructed light scattering instrument were conducted at various incident angles in the specular, off-specular, and out-of-plane scattering configurations on a variety of scratch profiles.
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By measuring the reflectance of the laser light from the wafer, at each of the incident angles within the illumination cone, the Opti-Probe is able to determine the thickness and optical properties of films on the wafer surface.
 
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