Abstract
The light-scattering Mueller matrix for an r = 0.345-μm-radius quartz fiber, illuminated at λ = 0.4416 μm, is examined as a function of contamination with MgO crystals. When the MgO contamination is low, the matrix elements resemble those of a fiber of slightly larger radius. The MgO contamination creates higher-frequency, smaller-amplitude oscillations in the matrix elements that mask the lower-frequency oscillations indicative of a perfect cylinder. The contamination also causes scatter outside the plane of incidence.
© 1991 Optical Society of America
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