Abstract
We investigate the determination of relative number distributions of particle sizes using photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS). To distinguish our work from earlier results, we have studied the extraction of the number distribution, relative number as a function of size, from the intensity distribution, relative scattered intensity vs size, and set limits on its usefulness. Expressions relating the scattered intensity distribution to the number distribution are presented. These results are connected to the output of two common PCS analysis techniques, the method of cumulants, and the inverse Laplace transform. These results are tested, and limits are set by generating a synthetic intensity autocorrelation function from a known number distribution and comparing the recovered number distribution to the input. We find good agreement for distributions narrower than a geometric width of 1.40.
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