Polarization discrimination of coherently propagating light in turbid media

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 4252-4261

  Sankaran, Vanitha ^a,b   Schönenberger, Klaus ^a   Maitland, Duncan J ^a   Walsh, Joseph T ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 0000057438     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.004252     Document Type: Article

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