Monte Carlo study of pathlength distribution of polarized light in turbid media

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1348-1360

  Guo, Xinxin ^a   Wood, Michael F G ^a   Vitkin, Alex ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; TURBIDITY;

DEPOLARIZATION; PATHLENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY; TURBID MEDIA;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 33846874157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.001348     Document Type: Article

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