Title

Polarization correlations in backscattering from media with different optical densities

Authors

Authors

J. Broky;A. Dogariu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Lett.

Keywords

MUTUAL POLARIZATION; SCATTERED-LIGHT; COMPLEX DEGREE; FLUCTUATIONS; FIELDS; PROPAGATION; MEMORY; Optics

Abstract

Random electromagnetic fields have a number of distinctive statistical properties that may depend on their origin. We show that, when two mutually coherent fields overlap, their individual characteristics are not completely lost. If assumptions can be made regarding the coherence properties of one of the fields, then the correlation length of the second one can be retrieved using the higher-order polarization properties of the combined field. We demonstrate experimentally that colloidal particles of different sizes can be identified based on polarization correlations measured even in situations of strong multiple scattering. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America

Journal Title

Optics Letters

Volume

39

Issue/Number

6

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1465

Last Page

1468

WOS Identifier

WOS:000332943800035

ISSN

0146-9592

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