Open AccessIn vivo measurements of corneal birefringence properties using the one-way reflective Mueller polarimetry
Author(s) -
Marcelina Sobczak,
Monika Owczarek,
Władysław A. Woźniak,
Piotr Kurzynowski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.421067
Subject(s) - polarimetry , birefringence , optics , photoelasticity , azimuth , materials science , polarization (electrochemistry) , scanning laser polarimetry , cornea , spatial frequency , phase (matter) , optical coherence tomography , scattering , physics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , nerve fiber layer , composite material , solid mechanics
This work presents the results of in vivo measurements of human corneal birefringence properties using the one-way reflective polariscope, in which the same module is used to generate and analyze the light polarization state. Data analysis was performed with the use of Mueller polarimetry techniques. The distribution of the azimuth angle and the phase retardation was determined on the paracentral and limbal areas. The results indicate growth of the phase retardation magnitude and the radial orientation of the azimuth angle in the cornea's peripheral region, which confirms our assumptions and the results presented by other researchers.