MULTIPLE SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING OF AN OPT ICAL PULSE IN TURBID MEDIA - POLARIZATION CHARACTERISTICS

Authors
GORODNICHEV EE ROGOZKIN DB
Citation
Ee. Gorodnichev et Db. Rogozkin, MULTIPLE SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING OF AN OPT ICAL PULSE IN TURBID MEDIA - POLARIZATION CHARACTERISTICS, Izvestia Akademii nauk. Rossijskaa akademia nauk. Fizika atmosfery iokeana, 33(1), 1997, pp. 82-90
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences",Oceanografhy
Journal title
Izvestia Akademii nauk. Rossijskaa akademia nauk. Fizika atmosfery iokeana → ACNP
ISSN journal
10236317
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
82 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
1023-6317(1997)33:1<82:MSSOAO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The Stokes parameters are calculated for a multiply scattered optical pulse propagating through a medium with large-scale inhomogeneities. T he temporal behavior of the intensity and the degree of polarization i s studied for phase functions decreasing with scattering angle by a po wer law. It is shown that the exponent of the power law can have a det ermining effect on the time dependence of the degree of polarization. This dependence can turn nonmonotone with an increase in the scale of inhomogeneitie.