A technique for selective cancellation of fully polarized light is presented. Within the context of imaging in random media the polarimetric behaviour of scattered light is addressed: a statistical signature of the scattering origins (surface or bulk) is experimentally demonstrated and then the polarization properties are deduced. In a last step, data are given to show the loss of polarization by spatial average process, which is induced by the microstructure of the scattering samples.

Date Published: 14 May 2010
PDF: 9 pages
Proc. SPIE 7718, Optical Micro- and Nanometrology III, 77180D (14 May 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.854061

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7718:
Optical Micro- and Nanometrology III
Christophe Gorecki; Anand Krishna Asundi; Wolfgang Osten, Editor(s)