Measurement of the transport-scattering coefficient in random inhomogeneous media using the method of low-coherence reflectometry

A method for determining a small magnitude of the transport-scattering coefficient in random inhomogeneous media is proposed. The method is based on analyzing the velocity of exponential decay of the signal of a low-scattering interferometer with a probing medium layer as the diffuse scatter in an object holder with increasing path-length difference in the reference and object holders. The results of experimental verification of the proposed method using a fluoroplastic film and filter paper as model scatterers are given.