Propagation of polarized light in birefringent turbid media: Time-resolved simulations

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 254-259

  Wang, Xueding ^a   Wang, Lihong V ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; TURBIDITY;

LIGHT BACKSCATTERING; POLARIZATION STATES; TURBID MEDIA;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0001046775     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000254     Document Type: Article

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