title: Polarization control of multiply scattered light through random media by wavefront shaping.
abstract: We show that the polarization state of coherent light propagating through an optically thick multiple scattering medium can be controlled by wavefront shaping, that is, by controlling only the spatial phase of the incoming field with a spatial light modulator. Any polarization state of light at any spatial position behind the scattering medium can be attained with this technique. Thus, transforming the random medium to an arbitrary optical polarization component becomes possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Yefeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Ori
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Eran
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: Jianying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yaron
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Silberberg
mesh_terms: D008027:Light; D055096:Optical Devices; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D012542:Scattering, Radiation