Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 2, 022601(2022)

Depolarization index from Mueller matrix descatters imaging in turbid water

Fei Liu1,2,3, Shichao Zhang1,2, Pingli Han1,2,4, Fangyi Chen1,2, Lin Zhao1,2, Yingying Fan1,2, and Xiaopeng Shao1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
  • 2Xi’an Key Laboratory of Computational Imaging, Xi’an 710071, China
  • 3Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Optical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
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    Fei Liu, Shichao Zhang, Pingli Han, Fangyi Chen, Lin Zhao, Yingying Fan, Xiaopeng Shao, "Depolarization index from Mueller matrix descatters imaging in turbid water," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 022601 (2022)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Physical Optics

    Received: Jun. 22, 2021

    Accepted: Aug. 17, 2021

    Posted: Aug. 19, 2021

    Published Online: Oct. 11, 2021

    The Author Email: Xiaopeng Shao (xpshao@xidian.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.022601

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