Polarization Studies in Multiply Scattering Media

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Polarization modulation and synchronous detection along with Mueller calculus were used to analyze the degrees of surviving circular and linear polarization as well as optical rotation from turbid samples. The preservation of circular polarization was found to exceed the preservation of linear polarization for all samples examined. The optical rotation induced by the samples increased with chiral molecule concentration only (glucose). These results demonstrate the potential for polarized light based glucose monitoring in multiply scattering media.

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