Multiple scattering of polarized light in disordered media exhibiting short-range structural correlations
Abstract
We develop a model based on a multiple scattering theory to describe the diffusion of polarized light in disordered media exhibiting short-range structural correlations. Starting from exact expressions of the average field and the field spatial correlation function, we derive a radiative transfer equation for the polarization-resolved specific intensity that is valid for weak disorder and we solve it analytically in the diffusion limit. A decomposition of the specific intensity in terms of polarization eigenmodes reveals how structural correlations, represented via the standard anisotropic scattering parameter , affect the diffusion of polarized light. More specifically, we find that propagation through each polarization eigenchannel is described by its own transport mean free path that depends on in a specific and non-trivial way.
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@article{arxiv.1607.05149,
title = {Multiple scattering of polarized light in disordered media exhibiting short-range structural correlations},
author = {Kevin Vynck and Romain Pierrat and Rémi Carminati},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.05149},
year = {2016}
}