Time-resolved ring structure of circularly polarized beams backscattered from forward scattering media

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7954-7969

  Phillips, Kevin G ^a   Xu, Min ^a   Gayen, S K ^a   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

ELECTRIC FIELD MONTE CARLO (EMC) METHOD; FOKKER-PLANCK APPROXIMATION; LIGHT INTENSITY;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 30144446252     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007954     Document Type: Article

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