Speckle intensity statistics for chromatic scattering media under partially polarized illumination
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|September 15, 2015
Abstract:
Intensity contrast in a fully developed speckle pattern resulting from the elastic scattering of a partially polarized light from a strongly scattering medium is theoretically and numerically studied. Simple expressions are derived when the illumination bandwidth is much smaller or larger than the chromatic length of the scattering medium.
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