title: Spatial evolution of depolarization in homogeneous turbid media within the differential Mueller matrix formalism.
abstract: We show, through visible-range Mueller polarimetry, as well as numerical simulations, that the depolarization in a homogeneous turbid medium consisting of submicron spherical particles follows a parabolic law with the path-length traveled by light through the medium. This result is in full agreement with the phenomenological theory of the fluctuating medium within the framework of the differential Mueller matrix formalism. We further found that the standard deviations of the fluctuating elementary polarization properties of the medium depend linearly on the concentration of particles. These findings are believed to be useful for the phenomenological interpretation of polarimetric experiments, with special emphasis on biomedical applications.
authors.forename: Naman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Jiho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Enric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garcia-Caurel
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Novikova
authors.forename: Jean-Charles
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Vanel
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pierangelo
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bykov
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Meglinski
authors.forename: Razvigor
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ossikovski