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Diffuse backscattering Mueller matricesof highly scattering media

Hielscher, Andreas, Eick, Angela, Mourant, Judith, Shen, Dan, Freyer, James, Bigio, Irving·1997·Optics Express
DOI 10.1364/oe.1.000441
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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 demonstrated that these intensity patterns can be used to differentiate turbid media, such as polystyrene-sphere and biological-cell suspensions. Our technique employs polarized light from a He-Ne laser (l=543nm), which is focused onto the surface of the scattering medium. A surface area of approximately 4x4 cm centered on the light input point is imaged through polarization-analysis optics onto a CCD camera. One can observe a large variety of intensity patterns by varying the polarization state of the incident laser light and changing the analyzer configuration to detect different polarization components of the backscattered light. Introducing the Mueller-matrix concept for diffusely backscattered light, a framework is provided to select a subset of measurements that comprehensively describe the optical properties of backscattering media.

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  • Properly designing anisotropic and inhomogeneous structures allows considerable enhancement of SOI effects and highly efficient spin-dependent shaping and control of light.

    “Moreover, properly designing anisotropic and inhomogeneous structures (e.g., metasurfaces or liquid crystals) allows considerable enhancement of the SOI effects and highly efficient spindependent shaping and control of light 37- 45 .”

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  • Superposition of the original σ-polarized state and the converted (-σ)-polarized state with the exp(2iσφ) vortex generates characteristic 'four-petal' patterns in the first and second Stokes parameters S1 and S2; this effect was observed in diffusive backscattering from microparticle suspensions, scattering by liquid-crystal droplets, and dipole nanoparticle scattering.

    “Superposition of the original σ -polarized state and the converted ( -σ )-polarized state with the exp 2 i σφ ( ) vortex generates characteristic 'four-petal' patterns in the first and second Stokes parameters S 1 and S 2 , Fig. 2e. This effect was observed in systems of different nature and scales: diffusive backscattering from microparticle suspensions 109- 111 , scattering by”

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Authors
Hielscher, A., Eick, A., Mourant, J., Shen, D., Freyer, J., & Bigio, I.
ORCID
Venue
Optics Express
Publisher
Optica Publishing Group
Published
1997-12-22
Volume
1
Issue
13
Pages
441
ISSN
1094-4087 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1364/oe.1.000441
OpenAlex
W2057318251
Cited by
183
References
17
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Optics Express (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Laboratory Directed Research and Development
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Acoustics and Ultrasonics › Random lasers and scattering media
Keywords
Mueller matrix, highly scattering media, polarized light, polarization analysis

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