Depolarization of diffusely reflecting man-made objects

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 5434-5445

  DeBoo, Brian J ^a,b   Sasian, Jose M ^a   Chipman, Russell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIMETERS; VECTORS;

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; BISTATIC ANGLE; DEPOLARIZATION; MUELLER MATRIX;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 25444469203     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.005434     Document Type: Article

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