Polarization-Dependent Interference of Multiply Scattered Light
摘要
Multiple scattering of coherent light in randomly inhomogeneous media is accompanied by stochastic interference of partial components of the scattered light field. Each partial component undergoes random changes in its polarization state propagating through the medium. This leads to formation of the polarization-dependent speckle patterns inside or outside the medium. Despite the expressed stochastic nature of the formation of speckle-modulated light fields in the multiple scattering, these objects exhibit a number of fundamental properties caused by the existence of various polarization-dependent correlations (angular, temporal, spatial) between partial waves. This chapter presents a discussion of these fundamental properties, which include: