Depolarization of light in turbid media: a scattering event resolved Monte Carlo study
Applied Optics, Vol. 49, Issue 2, pp. 153-162 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.49.000153
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Abstract
Details of light depolarization in turbid media were investigated using polarization-sensitive Monte Carlo simulations. The surviving linear and circular polarization fractions of photons undergoing a particular number of scattering events were studied for different optical properties of the turbid media. It was found that the threshold number of photon scattering interactions that fully randomize the incident polarization (defined here as
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OCIS Codes
(170.7050) Medical optics and biotechnology : Turbid media
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
ToC Category:
Polarization
History
Original Manuscript: July 8, 2009
Revised Manuscript: November 23, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: November 24, 2009
Published: January 7, 2010
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Citation
Xinxin Guo, Michael F. G. Wood, Nirmalya Ghosh, and I. Alex Vitkin, "Depolarization of light in turbid media: a scattering event resolved Monte Carlo study," Appl. Opt. 49, 153-162 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-49-2-153
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