Monte Carlo simulation of polarized photon scattering in anisotropic media

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 16590-16602

  Yun, Tianliang ^a   Zeng, Nan ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Li, Dongzhi ^a   Jiang, Xiaoyu ^a   Ma, Hui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; POLARIZATION;

ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING; POLARIZATION IMAGING; POLARIZED PHOTONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 70349208993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016590     Document Type: Article

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