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Forward Scatter

Light diffracted at small angles (roughly 0.5-10 degrees) off the incident laser, collected past an obscuration bar; it scales with the cell's cross-sectional area and refractive-index contrast, so it is a rough size proxy rather than a calibrated diameter.

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Light diffracted at small angles (roughly 0.5-10 degrees) off the incident laser, collected past an obscuration bar; it scales with the cell's cross-sectional area and refractive-index contrast, so it is a rough size proxy rather than a calibrated diameter.

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