Spatial evolution of depolarization in homogeneous turbid media within the differential Mueller matrix formalism

N Agarwal, J Yoon, E Garcia-Caurel, T Novikova… - Optics Letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We show, through visible-range Mueller polarimetry, as well as numerical simulations, that
the depolarization in a homogeneous turbid medium consisting of submicron spherical …

Polarimetry in turbid, birefringent, optically active media: a Monte Carlo study of Mueller matrix decomposition in the backscattering geometry

N Ghosh, MFG Wood, IA Vitkin - Journal of Applied Physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
Determination of the intrinsic polarization properties of a complex turbid medium such as
biological tissue in the backscattering geometry (a geometry that is convenient for in situ …

Experimental study of thickness dependence of polarization and depolarization properties of anisotropic turbid media using Mueller matrix polarimetry and differential …

SH Yoo, R Ossikovski, E Garcia-Caurel - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
We investigate the influence of sample thickness on the polarization and depolarization
properties of light when it propagates through anisotropic turbid media using transmission …

Statistical meaning of the differential Mueller matrix of depolarizing homogeneous media

R Ossikovski, O Arteaga - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
By applying the statistical definition of a depolarizing Mueller matrix we formally derive and
physically interpret the differential matrix of a depolarizing homogeneous medium. The …

Time-resolved Mueller matrix imaging polarimetry

I Berezhnyy, A Dogariu - Optics express, 2004 - opg.optica.org
We present a new method of time-resolved Mueller matrix imaging polarimetry for spatial
and temporal characterization of the polarization effects in backscattering from turbid media …

Mueller matrix polarimetry for the characterization of complex random medium like biological tissues

N Ghosh, J Soni, MFG Wood, MA Wallenberg, IA Vitkin - Pramana, 2010 - Springer
The polarization parameters of light scattered from biological tissues contain wealth of
morphological and functional information of potential biomedical importance. But, in optically …

Polarized Light Assessment of Complex Turbid Media Such as Biological Tissues Us-ing Mueller Matrix Decomposition

N Ghosh, M Wood, A Vitkin - Handbook of photonics for …, 2010 - taylorfrancis.com
Nirmalya Ghosh, Michael Wood, and Alex Vitkin Ontario Cancer Institute/Department of
Medical Biophysics University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada9. 1 …

Extended polar decomposition method of Mueller matrices for turbid media in reflection geometry

J Qi, H He, H Ma, DS Elson - Optics Letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
The polar decomposition method for Mueller matrices proposed by Lu–Chipman has been
demonstrated and validated for many applications. However, in some situations, eg, when …

Methodology for examining polarized light interactions with tissues and tissue-like media in the exact backscattering direction

RCN Studinski, IA Vitkin - Journal of biomedical optics, 2000 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The properties of polarized light emerging from turbid media in the exact backscattering
direction are studied by modulating the incident light polarization state and isolating the …

Light backscattering polarization patterns from turbid media: theory and experiment

MJ Raković, GW Kattawar, M Mehrűbeoğlu… - Applied …, 1999 - opg.optica.org
We present both experimental measurements and Monte-Carlo-based simulations of the
diffusely backscattered intensity patterns that arise from illuminating a turbid medium with a …