Road maps for the use of Mueller matrix measurements to detect and identify biological and chemical materials through their optical activity: Potential applications in biomedicine, biochemistry, security, and industry

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 364-370

  Bahar, Ezekiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DICHROISM; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL ROTATION; POLARIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL MATERIALS; CHIRAL MATERIAL; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; CROSS-POLARIZED; LINEARLY POLARIZED; MUELLER MATRIX ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; REFLECTED WAVES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 60549089210     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000364     Document Type: Article

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