Coherence and polarization of light propagating through scattering media and biological tissues

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 31, 1998, Pages 7357-7367

  Jarry, Gilbert ^a   Steimer, Elisa ^a   Damaschini, Vivien ^a   Epifanie, Michael ^a   Jurczak, Marc ^a   Kaiser, Robin ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

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EID: 0001189073     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007357     Document Type: Article

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