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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 23, Issue 25, Pages 31874-31888Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.031874
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- U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration [DE-AC04-94AL85000]
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This work quantifies the polarization persistence and memory of circularly polarized light in forward-scattering and isotropic (Rayleigh regime) environments; and for the first time, details the evolution of both circularly and linearly polarized states through scattering environments. Circularly polarized light persists through a larger number of scattering events longer than linearly polarized light for all forward-scattering environments; but not for scattering in the Rayleigh regime. Circular polarization's increased persistence occurs for both forward and backscattered light. The simulated environments model polystyrene microspheres in water with particle diameters of 0.1 mu m, 2.0 mu m, and 3.0 mu m. The evolution of the polarization states as they scatter throughout the various environments are illustrated on the Poincare sphere after one, two, and ten scattering events. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
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