Abstract
A new Mueller matrix Polarimeter was used to image the retinas of normal subjects. Light from a linearly polarized 780 nm laser was passed through a system of variable retarders and scanned across the retina. Light returned from the eye passed through a second system of retarders and a polarizing beamsplitter to two confocal detection channels. Optimization of the Polarimetric data reduction matrix was via a condition number metric. The accuracy and repeatability of polarization parameter measurements were within ± 5%. The magnitudes and orientations of retardance and diattenuation, plus depolarization, were measured over 15° of retina for 15 normal eyes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 21339-21354 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 26 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 22 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics