Optical properties (bidirectional reflection distribution functions) of velvet
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 37 (25) , 5974-5984
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.37.005974
Abstract
A detailed investigation has been made of the unusual characteristics of the angular distribution of surface scattering from velvet in the visual region. We present a novel method in which samples of velvet fabric are wrapped around a right-circular cylinder so that reemitted radiance can be measured by a digital CCD camera. This setup makes it relatively simple to acquire a large set of bidirectional reflection distribution function (BRDF) samples. The study reveals that, apart from the grazing specular lobe and an anisotropic backscattering peak near 50°, the overall BRDF’s are rather uniform across the whole angular span of observation. Attempts are made to relate these scattering characteristics to the physical and the geometrical structure of velvet.Keywords
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