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. 2015 Nov 19;6(12):4951–4974. doi: 10.1364/BOE.6.004951
Tissue model

Pi The i-th depth position
P0 The position of a tissue surface
Lij The tissue layer between Pi and Pj
Δzij The distance between Pi and Pj, same as the thickness of Lij
bij The birefringence of Lij

Variants of phase retardation

sPR Single-trip phase retardation
rPR Round-trip phase retardation
cPR Round-trip cumulative phase retardation
lPR Local round-trip phase retardation
lPRij The local round-trip phase retardation from Pi to Pj
dPR Depth-differentiation of cPR

Variants of Jones matrix

Jin The Jones matrix of illumination optics
Jout The Jones matrix of collection optics
Jmi The raw measured Jones matrix measured at the depth position Pi
Jsij The single-trip Jones matrix from Pi to Pj
Jrij The round-trip Jones matrix from Pi to Pj
Jci The cumulative Jones matrix at Pi
JLij The local round-trip Jones matrix from Pi to Pj

General notations relating to Jones matrix

λx(i) The i-th eigenvalue of a Jones matrix Jx
Λx The eigenvalue-matrix of Jx defined as [λx(1)0;0λx(2)]
Vx The eigenvector-matrix whose columns are eigenvectors of Jx

System parameter

k0 The center wavenumber of a probe beam