Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 4, Issue 11, 667(2006)

Revisit to the symmetry relations in diffusely backscattered polarization patterns of turbid media

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  • Opto-Mechatronic Equipment Technology Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, Beijing 102617
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    As there exists an inconsistency in claiming the symmetrical relations in the 16 Mueller matrix elements used to describe a turbid medium, the author restudies the symmetrical relationships between diffusely backscattered polarization patterns in isotropic turbid media and simulates all two-dimensional elements of diffusely backscattered Mueller matrix in both cases of Rayleigh and Mie scatterings using the double-scattering approximation and the Monte Carlo algorithm, respectively. The previous experimental observations are compared with the numerically determined matrix elements, showing a good agreement in both double-scattering model and Monte Carlo simulation. The symmetrical relations between the Mueller matrix elements are clarified.

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    [in Chinese]. Revisit to the symmetry relations in diffusely backscattered polarization patterns of turbid media[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2006, 4(11): 667

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    Received: Dec. 29, 2005

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 17, 2006

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