Polarized light scattering of optical bio-materials by a new DPLS attachment

Author

Radicchi, G. ; Diaspro, A. ; Nicolini, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biophys., Genoa Univ.

fYear

1994

fDate

1994

Firstpage

846

Abstract

An experimental method is presented which uses differentially polarized light scattering (DPLS) to study the properties of optical materials in terms of Muller matrix signature. An optical module has been developed to be inserted in commercial instrumentation i.e. a spectropolarimeter. Polystyrene microspheres have been used both for calibrating and measuring purposes. An interesting application to the study of the optical properties of thin films is outlined. Results about the characterization of Langmuir Blodgett films are also given

Keywords

Langmuir-Blodgett films; biological techniques; light polarisation; light scattering; Langmuir Blodgett films characterization; Muller matrix signature; calibration; commercial instrumentation; differentially polarized light scattering; optical biomaterials; optical module; polarized light scattering; polystyrene microspheres; spectropolarimeter; thin film optical properties; Biomedical optical imaging; Light scattering; Optical buffering; Optical films; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Page description languages; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1994. Engineering Advances: New Opportunities for Biomedical Engineers. Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2050-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1994.415176

Filename

415176