Off-diagonal Mueller matrix elements in backscattering from highly diffusive media

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-48

  Ellis, Jeremy ^a   Caillard, Paul ^a   Dogariu, Aristide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING;

DIFFUSIVE MEDIA;

BACKSCATTERING;

EID: 0042020117     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.000043     Document Type: Article

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