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Hyperspectral Imaging as a Tool to Study Optical Anisotropy in Lanthanide-Based Molecular Single Crystals
Published on: April 14, 2020
A new approach for optical assessment of directional anisotropy in turbid media
Pejhman Ghassemi1, Lauren T Moffatt2, Jeffrey W Shupp3,4
1Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Ave. N.E., Washington, DC, 20064, USA. 59ghassemi@cardinalmail.cua.edu.
Abstract:
A study of polarized light transport in scattering media exhibiting directional anisotropy or linear birefringence is presented in this paper. Novel theoretical and experimental methodologies for the quantification of birefringent alignment based on out-of-plane polarized light transport are presented here. A polarized Monte Carlo model and a polarimetric imaging system were devised to predict and measure the impact of birefringence on an impinging linearly polarized light beam. Ex-vivo experiments conducted on bovine tendon, a biological sample consisting of highly packed type I collagen fibers with birefringent property, showed good agreement with the analytical results.

