Backscattered polarization patterns determined by conservation of angular momentum

    Authors

    C. Schwartz;A. Dogariu

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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

    Language

    English

    First Page

    431

    Last Page

    436

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000253433200017

    ISSN

    1084-7529

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