Original scientific paper

Modeling light dispersion in the printing substrate within the Monte Carlo method

Damir Modrić orcid.org/0000-0002-0110-2952 ; Faculty of Graphic Arts, University of Zagreb, Getaldićeva 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Katja Petric Maretić ; Faculty of Graphic Arts, University of Zagreb, Getaldićeva 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marin Milković ; University of Applied Sciences Varaždin, J. Križanića 33/6, 42000 Varaždin, Croatia

Abstract

Manufacturing significance of optical properties of paper motivated us to construct a theoretical approach which could be used to determine the reflection and dispersion of light from paper surface. We introduced a method based on the Monte Carlo model of light scattering in paper for better understanding the origin of optical screen values gain and to provide a more realistic description of the medium in which light scattering occurs. The Monte Carlo method was used as a frame within which we were able to describe the diffuse scattering of light which suffers multiple subsurface reflections. Our simulation provides a flexible and at the same time rigorous approach to the transport of light in a medium such as paper. We numerically investigated the effects of the modeled surface on the optical properties of paper throughout subsurface light scattering.

Keywords

light dispersion; Monte Carlo method; paper optics; substrate surface

Hrčak ID:

79161

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/79161

Publication date:

29.3.2012.

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