Title
Off-diagonal Mueller matrix elements in backscattering from highly diffusive media
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A-Opt. Image Sci. Vis.
Keywords
TARGET DETECTION; RANDOMLY ROUGH; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING; DEPOLARIZATION; SURFACES; Optics
Abstract
Measurements of a reduced Mueller matrix in backscattering from highly diffusive, dielectric samples are reported as a function of the angle of incidence. It was found that the off-diagonal terms depend greatly on the angle of incidence, increasing to a maximum near grazing incidence. We show that, despite a significant scattering originating in the bulk of such diffusive media, the nontrivial behavior of the off-diagonal Muller matrix is primarily due to surface scattering phenomena. The experimental data can be simply explained by assuming a random orientation of small particles and considering only double scattering in the plane of the surface. (C) 2002 Optical Society of America.
Journal Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America a-Optics Image Science and Vision
Volume
19
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
43
Last Page
48
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0740-3232
Recommended Citation
"Off-diagonal Mueller matrix elements in backscattering from highly diffusive media" (2002). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 3180.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/3180