TY - JOUR
T1 - Circular polarization memory in polydisperse scattering media
AU - Macdonald, C. M.
AU - Jacques, S. L.
AU - Meglinski, I. V.
N1 - ©2015 American Physical Society
PY - 2015/3/16
Y1 - 2015/3/16
N2 - We investigate the survival of circularly polarized light in random scattering media. The surprising persistence of this form of polarization has a known dependence on the size and refractive index of scattering particles, however a general description regarding polydisperse media is lacking. Through analysis of Mie theory, we present a means of calculating the magnitude of circular polarization memory in complex media, with total generality in the distribution of particle sizes and refractive indices. Quantification of this memory effect enables an alternate pathway toward recovering particle size distribution, based on measurements of diffusing circularly polarized light.
AB - We investigate the survival of circularly polarized light in random scattering media. The surprising persistence of this form of polarization has a known dependence on the size and refractive index of scattering particles, however a general description regarding polydisperse media is lacking. Through analysis of Mie theory, we present a means of calculating the magnitude of circular polarization memory in complex media, with total generality in the distribution of particle sizes and refractive indices. Quantification of this memory effect enables an alternate pathway toward recovering particle size distribution, based on measurements of diffusing circularly polarized light.
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UR - https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.033204
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.033204
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.033204
M3 - Article
C2 - 25871235
AN - SCOPUS:84926058200
SN - 1539-3755
VL - 91
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 3
M1 - 033204
ER -