Monte Carlo Model and Single-Scattering Approximation of the Propagation of Polarized Light in Turbid Media Containing Glucose
Applied Optics, Vol. 41, Issue 4, pp. 792-801 (2002)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.41.000792
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Abstract
We present a single-scattering model as well as a Monte Carlo model of the effect of glucose on polarized light in turbid media. Glucose alters the Mueller-matrix patterns of diffusely backscattered and forward-scattered light because glucose molecules rotate the polarization plane of linearly polarized light. For example, the angles of rotation in Mueller-matrix elements S21 and S12 are linearly related to the concentration of glucose and increase with the source-detector distance. In the nondiffusion regime, the two models agree well with each other. In the diffusion regime, the single-scattering model is invalid, but there still exists a linear relationship between the angles of rotation in the Mueller-matrix elements and the concentration of glucose, which is predicted by the Monte Carlo model.
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OCIS Codes
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(290.0290) Scattering : Scattering
(290.1350) Scattering : Backscattering
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
(290.7050) Scattering : Turbid media
Citation
Xueding Wang, Gang Yao, and Lihong V. Wang, "Monte Carlo Model and Single-Scattering Approximation of the Propagation of Polarized Light in Turbid Media Containing Glucose," Appl. Opt. 41, 792-801 (2002)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-41-4-792
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