Light backscattering polarization patterns from turbid media: theory and experiment

MJ Raković, GW Kattawar, M Mehrűbeoğlu… - Applied …, 1999 - opg.optica.org
We present both experimental measurements and Monte-Carlo-based simulations of the
diffusely backscattered intensity patterns that arise from illuminating a turbid medium with a …

Measurement and calculation of the two-dimensional backscattering Mueller matrix of a turbid medium

BD Cameron, MJ Raković, M Mehrübeoǧlu… - Optics Letters, 1998 - opg.optica.org
We present both experimental and Monte Carlo–based simulation results for the diffusely
backscattered intensity patterns that arise from illumination of a turbid medium with a …

Propagation of polarized light in turbid media: simulated animation sequences

G Yao, LV Wang - Optics Express, 2000 - opg.optica.org
A time-resolved Monte Carlo technique was used to simulate the propagation of polarized
light in turbid media. Calculated quantities include the reflection Mueller matrices, the …

Diffuse backscattering Mueller matrices of highly scattering media

AH Hielscher, AA Eick, JR Mourant, D Shen… - Optics express, 1997 - opg.optica.org
We report on the development of a method that records spatially dependent intensity
patterns of polarized light that is diffusely backscattered from highly scattering media. It is …

Description and time reduction of a Monte Carlo code to simulate propagation of polarized light through scattering media

F Jaillon, H Saint-Jalmes - Applied Optics, 2003 - opg.optica.org
Propagation of polarized light through a scattering medium has been studied with a Monte
Carlo code to obtain polarized backscattered images. Studies of these backscattered …

Depolarization of backscattered linearly polarized light

LF Rojas-Ochoa, D Lacoste, R Lenke… - JOSA A, 2004 - opg.optica.org
We formulate a quantitative description of backscattered linearly polarized light with an
extended photon diffusion formalism taking explicitly into account the scattering anisotropy …

Polarimetry in turbid, birefringent, optically active media: a Monte Carlo study of Mueller matrix decomposition in the backscattering geometry

N Ghosh, MFG Wood, IA Vitkin - Journal of Applied Physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Determination of the intrinsic polarization properties of a complex turbid medium such as
biological tissue in the backscattering geometry (a geometry that is convenient for in situ …

A backward Monte Carlo study of the multiple scattering of a polarized laser beam

A Ambirajan, DC Look - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 1997 - Elsevier
A backward Monte Carlo estimator is developed to describe the multiple scattering of a
polarized, narrow light beam by a plane-parallel medium. The case of a right circularly …

Monte Carlo simulation of polarized photon scattering in anisotropic media

T Yun, N Zeng, W Li, D Li, X Jiang, H Ma - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
We present a Monte Carlo simulation program for the propagation of polarized photons in an
anisotropic scattering model consisting of poly-dispersed spherical and infinite long …

Backscattering target detection in a turbid medium by polarization discrimination

GD Lewis, DL Jordan, PJ Roberts - Applied Optics, 1999 - opg.optica.org
We describe a method for increasing target contrast within a turbid medium by means of the
polarization state of the scattered light. The backscattered Mueller matrices for various …