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Coherent backscattering of polarized light from a turbid medium

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Approximate analytical expressions for the intensities of the polarized components of light reflected from a disordered medium with large discrete particles (larger than the wavelength) have been derived with the use of the method of decoupling of the vector transfer equation that is based on separate treatment of basic and additional polarization modes. The results obtained provide the relation between the peak shape in the angular distribution of the backscattered radiation with a given polarization and the optical characteristics of the medium and are in good agreement with experimental data and numerical calculations.

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Original Russian Text © E.E. Gorodnichev, A.I. Kuzovlev, D.B. Rogozkin, 2008, published in Zhurnal Éksperimental’noĭ i Teoreticheskoĭ Fiziki, 2008, Vol. 133, No. 4, pp. 839–852.

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Gorodnichev, E.E., Kuzovlev, A.I. & Rogozkin, D.B. Coherent backscattering of polarized light from a turbid medium. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 106, 731–743 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776108040122

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