Title :
Spatial coherence of a light beam in a turbid medium
Author :
Pierrat, R. ; Greffet, J.J. ; Carminati, R. ; Elaloufi, R.
Author_Institution :
Laboratoire EM2C, Ecole Centrale de Paris, Chatenay-Malabry, France
Abstract :
We study the optical spatial coherence in a turbid medium using the radiative transfer equation. The coherence length of the diffuse light strongly depends on the transport regime. Implications for biological imaging are discussed.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; light coherence; radiative transfer; turbidity; biological imaging; light beam; optical spatial coherence; radiative transfer equation; turbid medium; Adaptive optics; Biomedical optical imaging; Computer science; Equations; Light scattering; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Slabs; Spatial coherence;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202250
