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Callum M Macdonald^1,2, Susmita Sridhar¹, Hung T X Do¹

¹Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, Institut Fresnel, Marseille, France.

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Polarization gating in diffuse reflectance spectroscopy improves chromophore quantification in scattering media. This technique reduces required prior knowledge by matching optical pathlengths across wavelengths.

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Optics
Spectroscopy
Photonics

Background:

Continuous-wave diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (CW-DRS) is used for non-invasive tissue analysis.
Highly scattering biological tissues pose challenges for accurate optical pathlength determination in CW-DRS.
Polarization properties of light can offer additional information to improve spectroscopic measurements.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the use of polarization gating to enhance CW-DRS in highly scattering media.
To determine how effective optical pathlength varies with wavelength, absorption, and polarization states.
To develop a wavelength-dependent polarization gating scheme for improved chromophore quantification.

Main Methods:

Numerical simulations were performed to model effective optical pathlength variations.
Simulations considered different wavelengths, absorption levels, and polarization channels (linear, elliptical, circular).
Experimental validation was conducted to demonstrate the practical application of the proposed scheme.

Main Results:

Effective optical pathlength is sensitive to wavelength, absorption, and polarization.
Simulations showed predictable variations in pathlength across different polarization states.
Experiments confirmed that wavelength-dependent polarization gating reduces the need for prior knowledge in chromophore quantification.

Conclusions:

Polarization gating offers a viable strategy to improve CW-DRS in scattering tissues.
Matching effective optical pathlengths across wavelengths using specific polarization channels simplifies chromophore quantification.
This approach enhances the accuracy and reduces complexity in non-invasive spectroscopic measurements.