Effects of polarization state and scatterer concentration on optical imaging through scattering media

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1560-1565

  Morgan, Stephen P ^a   Khong, Man P ^a   Somekh, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imaging; Polarization; Scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001724801     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.001560     Document Type: Article

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