Mean Free Path in Optics
If one takes a suspension of non light absorbing particles of diameter d with a volume fraction Φ, the mean free path of the photons is:
where Qs is the scattering efficiency factor. Qs can be evaluated numerically for spherical particles thanks to the Mie theory calculation
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