Linear dichroism of the retinal nerve fiber layer expressed with Mueller matrices

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 565-569

  Benoit, A M ^a   Naoun, K ^b   Louis Dorr, V ^c   Mala, L ^b   Raspiller, A ^b  

^a Nancy University CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

DICHROGRAPH;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0038165038     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000565     Document Type: Article

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