Polarized optical scattering signatures from biological materials

Martin, William Eugene, Hesse, E., Hough, J.H., Sparks, W.B., Cockell, C.S., Ulanowski, Z., Germer, T.A. and Kaye, Paul H. (2010) Polarized optical scattering signatures from biological materials. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 111 (16). pp. 2444-2459. ISSN 0022-4073
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The polarization of laser light backscattered from biological samples has been measured over the wavelength range 350-850. nm. Incident circular, linearly polarized, and unpolarized light produces significant spectral features in the case of samples containing chlorophyll such as leaves and cyanobacteria. Polarization scattering signatures are observed around the chlorophyll 'red edge' that may have diagnostic value in the search for life signatures from extrasolar planets. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
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Identification Number 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.07.001
Additional information Original article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224073 Copyright Elsevier B.V.
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