Circularly and elliptically polarized light under water and the Umov effect

Yitian Ding; Stanley Pau

doi:10.1038/s41377-019-0143-0

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Circularly and elliptically polarized light under water and the Umov effect

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- Circularly and elliptically polarized light under water and the Umov effect
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 8, Issue 2, Pages: 237-242(2019)
- Affiliations：
  
  College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
- Author bio：
  
  Yitian Ding (yding@optics.arizona.edu)
  Stanley Pau (spau@optics.arizona.edu)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-019-0143-0
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- Published：2019，
  
  Published Online：20 March 2019，
  
  Received：26 November 2018，
  
  Revised：25 February 2019，
  
  Accepted：25 February 2019
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Ding, Y. T. & Pau, S. Circularly and elliptically polarized light under water and the Umov effect. Light: Science & Applications, 8, 237-242 (2019).
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Ding, Y. T. & Pau, S. Circularly and elliptically polarized light under water and the Umov effect. Light: Science & Applications, 8, 237-242 (2019). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-019-0143-0.

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Abstract

Total internal reflection occurs when light is incident on the interface of high- and low-refractive-index materials at an angle greater than the critical angle. Sunlight with high degree of linear polarization

such as atmospheric scattered skylight

can be converted with a high efficiency up to 53% to circular and elliptical polarizations by total internal reflection under water in the region outside Snell's window. The degree of circular polarization is observed to be inversely dependent on the albedo of underwater objects and is shown to be a direct consequence of the Umov effect. Our results are important for underwater polarimetry

surveillance applications and studies of marine animals' polarized vision near the water-air interface.

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