Title

Backscattered polarization patterns determined by conservation of angular momentum

Authors

Authors

C. Schwartz;A. Dogariu

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

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

Keywords

LIDAR MULTIPLE-SCATTERING; MUELLER MATRIX; TURBID MEDIA; LIGHT; PROPAGATION; ANISOTROPY; CLOUDS; Optics

Abstract

It is demonstrated that the occurence of backscattered polarization patterns relates to the conservation of angular momentum of light. Using the geometrical phase formalism in the spin space, we develop a model where the helicity-maintaining and the helicity-flipping multiple-scattering processes can be accounted for. The model explains practically all the symmetries present in the spatially resolved Mueller matrices. (C) 2008 Optical Society of America.

Journal Title

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

Volume

25

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/josaa.25.000431

Language

English

First Page

431

Last Page

436

WOS Identifier

WOS:000253433200017

ISSN

1084-7529

Recommended Citation

"Backscattered polarization patterns determined by conservation of angular momentum" (2008). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 953.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/953