• DocumentCode
    2984875
  • Title

    Polarization memory in the backscattering of light from a turbid medium

  • Author

    Ni, Xiaohui ; Kartazayeva, S.A. ; Alfano, R.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., City Univ. of New York, NY, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1709
  • Abstract
    Time-resolved backscattering profiles of circularly and linearly polarized light were measured. The experimentally observed polarization memory effect is used to enhance the image contrast for a target inside large particle suspensions.
  • Keywords
    backscatter; bio-optics; biomedical optical imaging; light polarisation; suspensions; turbidity; image contrast; light backscattering; linearly polarized light; particle suspensions; polarization memory; time-resolved backscattering; turbid medium; Backscatter; Light scattering; Mirrors; Optical imaging; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Random media; Solids; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202249
  • Filename
    1573315