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Inverse Problems in Multiple Light Scattering
Title
Inverse Problems in Multiple Light Scattering.
Creator
Broky, John, Dogariu, Aristide, Christodoulides, Demetrios, Wu, Shintson, Tamasan, Alexandru, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The interaction between coherent waves and material systems with complex optical properties is a complicated, deterministic process. Light that scatters from such media gives rise to random fields with intricate properties. It is common perception that the randomness of these complex fields is undesired and therefore is to be removed, usually through a process of ensemble averaging. However, random fields emerging from light matter interaction contain information about the properties of the...
Show moreThe interaction between coherent waves and material systems with complex optical properties is a complicated, deterministic process. Light that scatters from such media gives rise to random fields with intricate properties. It is common perception that the randomness of these complex fields is undesired and therefore is to be removed, usually through a process of ensemble averaging. However, random fields emerging from light matter interaction contain information about the properties of the medium and a thorough analysis of the scattered light allows solving specific inverse problems. Traditional attempts to solve these kinds of inverse problems tend to rely on statistical average quantities and ignore the deterministic interaction between the optical field and the scattering structure. Thus, because ensemble averaging inherently destroys specific characteristics of random processes, one can only recover limited information about the medium. This dissertation discusses practical means that go beyond ensemble averaging to probe complex media and extract additional information about a random scattering system. The dissertation discusses cases in which media with similar average properties can be differentiated by detailed examination of fluctuations between different realizations of the random process of multiple scattering. As a different approach to this type of inverse problems, the dissertation also includes a description of how higher-order field and polarization correlations can be used to extract features of random media and complex systems from one single realization of the light-matter interaction. Examples include (i) determining the level of multiple scattering, (ii) identifying non-stationarities in random fields, and (iii) extracting underlying correlation lengths of random electromagnetic fields that result from basic interferences. The new approaches introduced and the demonstrations described in this dissertation represent practical means to extract important material properties or to discriminate between media with similar characteristics even in situations when experimental constraints limit the number of realizations of the complex light-matter interaction.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
CFE0004656, ucf:49888
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004656
POLARIMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF RANDOM ELECTROMAGNETIC BEAMS AND APPLICATIONS
Title
POLARIMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF RANDOM ELECTROMAGNETIC BEAMS AND APPLICATIONS.
Creator
Mujat, Mircea, Dogariu, Aristide, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
The polarimetric properties of random electromagnetic beams provide new means for characterizing random media. A novel interferometric technique is introduced for controlling the polarimetric, spectral, and coherence characteristics of random electromagnetic beams. Several new techniques are presented for measuring the state of polarization and the polarization transfer through scattering media. The polarimetric signatures of different particulate systems are related to their structural...
Show moreThe polarimetric properties of random electromagnetic beams provide new means for characterizing random media. A novel interferometric technique is introduced for controlling the polarimetric, spectral, and coherence characteristics of random electromagnetic beams. Several new techniques are presented for measuring the state of polarization and the polarization transfer through scattering media. The polarimetric signatures of different particulate systems are related to their structural properties and to the size distribution, shape, orientation, birefringent or dichroic properties of the particles. Various scattering regimes and different geometries are discussed for applications relevant to the bio-medical field, material science, and remote sensing.
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Date Issued
2004
Identifier
CFE0000049, ucf:46132
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0000049