Changes in the state of polarization of a random electromagnetic beam propagating through tissue

✍ Scribed by Wanrong Gao; Olga Korotkova

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 180 KB
• Volume: 270
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0030-4018
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2006.09.061

✦ Synopsis

Based on the recently proposed unified theory of coherence and polarization of random electromagnetic beams, we have derived formulae describing changes in the state of polarization of a random electromagnetic beam propagating through tissue. A so-called electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beam is used to illustrate the theory. The results may find possible applications in tissue imaging.