Probing biological tissues in depth with elliptically polarized light

Anabela da Silva (1) , Anne Planat-Chrétien (2) , Michel Berger (2) , Simon Rehn (1) , Jean-Marc Dinten (2) , Carole Deumie (1)

1 DiMABio - DiMABio
2 CEA-LETI - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologie de l'Information

Elliptical polarization is used to explore the possibility of probing diffuse tissues at selective depths. The results of a recently published Monte Carlo simulations study are exposed. Experimental tests will be presented.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Anabela da Silva, Anne Planat-Chrétien, Michel Berger, Simon Rehn, Jean-Marc Dinten, et al.. Probing biological tissues in depth with elliptically polarized light. European Conferences On Biomedical Optics (ECBO), May 2013, Munich, Germany. pp.879904, ⟨10.1117/12.2032399⟩. ⟨hal-00912434⟩