Abstract
A study of polarized light transport in scattering media exhibiting directional anisotropy or linear birefringence is presented in this paper. Novel theoretical and experimental methodologies for the quantification of birefringent alignment based on out-of-plane polarized light transport are presented here. A polarized Monte Carlo model and a polarimetric imaging system were devised to predict and measure the impact of birefringence on an impinging linearly polarized light beam. Ex-vivo experiments conducted on bovine tendon, a biological sample consisting of highly packed type I collagen fibers with birefringent property, showed good agreement with the analytical results. Top view geometry of the in-plane (a) and the out-of-plane (b) detection. Letter C indicates the location of the detection arm. A study of polarized light transport in scattering media exhibiting directional anisotropy or linear birefringence is presented. Novel theoretical and experimental methodologies for the quantification of birefringent alignment based on out-of-plane polarized light transport are demonstrated. A polarized Monte Carlo model and a polarimetric imaging system were devised to predict and measure the impact of birefringence on an impinging linearly polarized light beam. Ex-vivo experiments conducted on bovine tendon showed good agreement with the analytical results.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 100-108 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Biophotonics |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Birefringence
- Directional anisotropy
- Monte Carlo
- Out-of-plane
- Polarized light imaging
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- General Engineering
- General Physics and Astronomy
- General Chemistry
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology