This chapter describes approaches to understanding the physics of the interaction of
polarized beams with natural scenes and to searching for informative and useful polarimetric …

Mueller matrix ellipsometers (MMEs) are known to be less affected by noise if the
compensators have a 132° phase shift between the slow and fast axis. This paper reports on …

Background and Objectives Meticulous dissection and identification of nerves during head
and neck surgery are crucial for preventing nerve damage. At present, nerve identification …

We highlight the interest of using the Indices of Polarimetric Purity (IPPs) for the biological
tissue inspection. These are three polarimetric metrics focused on the study of the …

This chapter discusses the fundamentals of polarized light in Stokes–Mueller formalism.
Different methods of experimentally obtaining the Mueller matrix and extracting the …

Optical techniques, especially the ones related to light scattering, has been seen to capture
morphological changes, such as increase in size and density of nuclei in cells. Mueller …

Polarimetric imaging technique is a beneficial and non-destructive tool for probing the
structural properties of different tissues. The obtained optical signature matrix will help …

In this work, we report a method of removing scattering induced retardance in polarization
sensitive full field optical coherence tomography (PS-FFOCT). First, the Mueller matrix that …

From an environmental point of view, bio-based composite material reinforcements made of
flax or hemp fibers prove to be attractive alternatives to glass fibers. Since the mechanical …

Chirality is an excellent indicator of life, but naturally occurring astrobiological (as well as
terrestrial) samples nearly always exhibit massive depolarizing light scattering, which …