Light Backscattering Polarization Patterns from Turbid Media: Theory and Experiment
Applied Optics, Vol. 38, Issue 15, pp. 3399-3408 (1999)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.38.003399
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Abstract
We present both experimental measurements and Monte-Carlo-based simulations of the diffusely backscattered intensity patterns that arise from illuminating a turbid medium with a polarized laser beam. It is rigorously shown that, because of axial symmetry of the system, only seven elements of the effective backscattering Mueller matrix are independent. A new numerical method that allows simultaneous calculation of all 16 elements of the two-dimensional Mueller matrix is used. To validate our method we compared calculations to measurements from a turbid medium that consisted of polystyrene spheres of different sizes and concentrations in deionized water. The experimental and numerical results are in excellent agreement.
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OCIS Codes
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(290.1350) Scattering : Backscattering
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
(290.7050) Scattering : Turbid media
Citation
Milun J. Raković, George W. Kattawar, Mehruűbe Mehruűbeoğlu, Brent D. Cameron, Lihong V. Wang, Sohi Rastegar, and Gerard L. Coté, "Light Backscattering Polarization Patterns from Turbid Media: Theory and Experiment," Appl. Opt. 38, 3399-3408 (1999)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-38-15-3399
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