Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics

Correlation- and singular-optical approaches in diagnostics of polarization inhomogeneity of coherent optical fields from biological tissues
Angelsky O.V., Ushenko A.G., Angelska A.O., Ushenko Yu.A.

Chernivtsi National University, 2 Kotsyubinsky St., 58012 Chernivtsi, Ukraine

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The paper presents results related to the correlation structure of polarization images of biological tissues. The technique for measuring coordinate distribution of the degree of mutual polarization has been proposed. The topological (singular) description of polarization-inhomogeneous images of biological tissues has been analyzed. It has been shown that the average statistical size of the S-contour correlates with the half-width of autocorrelation function for the coordinate distribution of the mutual polarization degree.

Keywords: polarization singularity, scattering, biological tissue, polarization, birefringence

PACS: 42.25.Ja, 42.25.Lc, 47.63.Jd, 42.25.Fx
Ukr. J. Phys. Opt. 8 105-123
doi: 10.3116/16091833/8/2/106/2007
Received: 09.04.2007

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