Vector transmission matrix for the polarization behavior of light propagation in highly scattering media

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 16067-16076

  Tripathi, Santosh ^a   Paxman, Richard ^b   Bifano, Thomas ^c   Toussaint, Kimani C ^d  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Paxman Consulting   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; MATRIX ELEMENTS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MATRIX; POLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; PROPAGATION OF LIGHTS; SCATTERING MEDIUM; TRANSMISSION MATRIX; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; VECTOR TRANSMISSION;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84863742464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.016067     Document Type: Article

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