Title

Photon Pathlength Distribution From Polarized Backscattering In Random Media

Authors

Authors

M. Dogariu;T. Asakura

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Eng.

Keywords

polarized light; backscattering; photons; scatterers; Stokes parameters; RADIATIVE-TRANSFER EQUATION; WEAK LOCALIZATION; VECTOR; TRANSMISSION; REFLECTANCE; 3RD-ORDER; TISSUE; WAVES; Optics

Abstract

Linearly polarized light backscattered from weakly scattering slabs in the cross-polarized channel manifests a symmetrical pattern. The origin and the properties of the pattern are explained and how ii can be used to extract the average pathlength of the photons in the medium is shown. It is also shown that the concentration of scatterers rather than the optical depth of the sample determines the properties of the cross-polarized backscattered light. (C) 1996 society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Journal Title

Optical Engineering

Volume

35

Issue/Number

8

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

2234

Last Page

2239

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1996VD09100019

ISSN

0091-3286

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