Examination of Scattering At 90° from a Cylindrical Volume Illuminated by Polarized Light
Abstract
A comparison is presented of the effects of particle size, concentration, and detector depth on side scattering for linearly and circularly polarized incident light. The scattering medium consists of various concentrations of particles, which are either 1.24, 0.494, 0.36, 0.123, or 0.065 µm in diameter, and which were mixed into filtered, distilled water and serve as the scattering centers. The results indicate that when this scattering medium is irradiated with linearly polarized laser light whose beam has been put through a quarter-wave plate in an effort to produce circularly polarized light, then there are two components scattered 90⁰, that is, circularly and linearly polarized light. The amount of each component and the ratio to total intensity of scattered light are analyzed for the different particles.
Recommended Citation
D. C. Look and Y. R. Chen, "Examination of Scattering At 90° from a Cylindrical Volume Illuminated by Polarized Light," Applied Optics, Optical Society of America, Jan 1995.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.34.000144
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1559-128X
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1995 Optical Society of America, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 1995
