Symmetry relations in diffusely backscattered polarization patterns of turbid media: a revisit

Yinqi Feng; Ruikang K. Wang

doi:10.1117/12.571451

29 July 2004 Symmetry relations in diffusely backscattered polarization patterns of turbid media: a revisit

Yinqi Feng, Ruikang K. Wang

Proceedings Volume 5486, ALT'03 International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies: Biomedical Optics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571451
Event: ALT'03 International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies: Biomedical Optics, 2003, Silsoe, United Kingdom

Abstract

As there exists an inconsistency in explaining the symmetrical relations in the 16 Mueller matrix elements used to describe a turbid medium, we restudy the symmetrical relationships between the diffusely backscattered polarization patterns in isotropic turbid media and simulate all two-dimensional elements of diffusely backscattered Muller matrix in both cases of Rayleigh and Mie scatterings using the double-scattering approximation and the Monte Carlo algorithm, respectively. The previous experimental observations are compared with the numerically determined matrix elements, showing a good agreement in both double-scattering model and Monte Carlo simulation.

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Yinqi Feng and Ruikang K. Wang "Symmetry relations in diffusely backscattered polarization patterns of turbid media: a revisit", Proc. SPIE 5486, ALT'03 International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies: Biomedical Optics, (29 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571451

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