Polarized light-pulse transport through scattering media

    Authors

    M. Sakami;A. Dogariu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. A-Opt. Image Sci. Vis.

    Keywords

    PARABOLIC METHOD PPM; RADIATIVE-TRANSFER; ABSORBING MEDIA; BACKSCATTERING; WAVES; DEPOLARIZATION; DIFFUSION; SCHEMES; Optics

    Abstract

    The propagation of a polarized pulse in random media is investigated using the discrete-ordinates method to solve the transient vector radiative transfer. The angular analysis of the transient polarized features of scattering fluxes makes it possible to investigate subtle details of the polarization flip encountered for circularly polarized waves. We found that, depending on the geometry, the state of polarization, and the angle of detection, the degree of polarization decays at either a slower or faster rate when the beam is impinging at an angle far from the normal incidence. At normal incidence, our results confirm that, for large particles, the circular polarization maintains a greater degree of polarization. (C) 2006 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the Optical Society of America a-Optics Image Science and Vision

    Volume

    23

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    664

    Last Page

    670

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000235747900020

    ISSN

    1084-7529

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