Abstract

Measurements of polarized light scattered from spores, bacterial cells, and red and white blood cells in various conditions yield optical data that can differentiate between species, strains, surface characteristics, killing methods, antibody binding, red blood cell types, and two types of human white blood cells. The light scattering instrument used, which operates in the context of the Mueller matrix/Stokes vector description of the scattering process, is described. One particular matrix element, S34, is especially sensitive to small changes and cellular differences.

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