Here are some tests using a shader to drive the absorption coefficient: (scattering coefficient is zero, so no scattering). There's a cube with IOR 1.0 in the middle of this scene.
Please excuse the noisy renders, I'm working on an old laptop.
Clamped sin wave absorption with phase increasing to the right:
- sin_absorption.JPG (67.51 KiB) Viewed 9196 times
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<absorption_coefficient>
<shader>
<shader>
<![CDATA[
def eval(vec3 pos) vec3 :
vec3(
sin(
doti(pos) * 10.0
)
)
]]>
</shader>
<wavelength_dependent>false</wavelength_dependent>
</shader>
- colourful_absorption.JPG (62.24 KiB) Viewed 9201 times
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<absorption_coefficient>
<shader>
<shader>
<![CDATA[
def eval(vec3 pos) vec3 :
vec3(
doti(pos) + 1.0,
0.0, #doti(pos) + 1.0,
1.0 - doti(pos)
)
]]>
</shader>
<wavelength_dependent>true</wavelength_dependent>
</shader>
</absorption_coefficient>
No but seriously cool stuff 
