• DocumentCode
    2984894
  • Title

    Spatial coherence of a light beam in a turbid medium

  • Author

    Pierrat, R. ; Greffet, J.J. ; Carminati, R. ; Elaloufi, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Laboratoire EM2C, Ecole Centrale de Paris, Chatenay-Malabry, France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1712
  • Abstract
    We study the optical spatial coherence in a turbid medium using the radiative transfer equation. The coherence length of the diffuse light strongly depends on the transport regime. Implications for biological imaging are discussed.
  • Keywords
    bio-optics; biological tissues; biomedical optical imaging; light coherence; radiative transfer; turbidity; biological imaging; light beam; optical spatial coherence; radiative transfer equation; turbid medium; Adaptive optics; Biomedical optical imaging; Computer science; Equations; Light scattering; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Slabs; Spatial coherence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202250
  • Filename
    1573316