New technique to simulate angular patterns of polarized signals from multiply scattering media in MFOV and CCD lidars

We present a semi-analytical approach to determine angular patterns of a polarized intensity that form lidar signals from multiply scattering media registered by a monostatic multiple-field-of-view receiver or CCD camera for any polarization state of incident light and any analyzer state at a receiver. Multiply scattering media with a highly forward elongated phase functions are considered. The model of lidar signal formation includes the single near-backscattering and small-angle multiple scattering of light. The developed approach allows computation and analysis of polarized images, including the Mueller matrix images, formed by the laser light backscattered by multiply scattering media, for example, from atmospheric clouds, ocean waters, tissue, etc.