Polarized light and the mueller matrix approach. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: José Jorge Gil Pérez, Razvigor Ossikovski.
• Authors: Gil Pérez, José Jorge; Ossikovski, Razvigor
• Contents: Polarized electromagnetic waves; Introduction: Nature of polarized electromagnetic waves; Polarization ellipse; Analytic signal representation and the Jones vector; Coherency matrix and Stokes vector; 2D space–time and space–frequency representations of coherence and polarization; Poincaré sphere; Polarimetric interpretation of the Pauli matrices; Intrinsic coherency matrix; Polarimetric purity; Composition and decomposition of 2D states of polarization; Classification of 2D states of polarization; Invariant quantities of a 2D polarization state; Quantum description of 2D states of polarization Three-dimensional states of polarization ; Introduction; 3D Jones vector; 3D Coherency matrix; 3D Stokes parameters; Composition and decomposition of 3D states of polarization; 3D space–time and space–frequency representations of coherence and polarization; Intrinsic 3D Coherency matrix; Intrinsic 3D Stokes parameters; 3D polarimetric purity; Interpretation of the coherency matrix for 3D polarization states; Invariant quantities of a 3D polarization state; Quantum formulation for 3D polarization states Nondepolarizing media ; Introduction; Basic polarimetric interaction: Jones calculus; Pure Mueller matrices; Singular states of Polarization; Normality and degeneracy of Jones and Mueller matrices Nondepolarizing media: Retarders, diattenuators, and serial decompositions ; Introduction; Retarders; Diattenuators; Other mathematical representations of the polarimetric properties of nondepolarizing systems; Polar decomposition of a nondepolarizing system; General serial decomposition of a nondepolarizing system; Dual linear retarder transformation of a nondepolarizing system; Constitutive vectors of a nondepolarizing Mueller matrix; Invariant polarimetric quantities of a nondepolarizing Mueller matrix; Particular forms of nondepolarizing Mueller matrices The concept of Mueller matrix ; Introduction; The concept of Mueller matrix; Covariance and coherency matrices associated with a Mueller matrix; Changes of reference frame and rotated Mueller matrices; Characterization of Mueller matrices: Covariance criterion; Normal form of a Mueller matrix; Reciprocity properties of Mueller matrices; Passivity constraints for Mueller matrices; Vectorial partitioned expression of a Mueller matrix; Spectral and characteristic decompositions of a Mueller matrix; Polarimetric purity of a Mueller matrix Physical quantities in a Mueller matrix ; Introduction; Components of purity of a Mueller matrix; Indices of polarimetric purity; Invariant quantities of a Mueller matrix; Purity space; Anisotropy coefficients of a Mueller matrix; From a nondepolarizing to a depolarizing Mueller matrix Parallel decompositions of Mueller matrices ; Introduction; Additive composition of Mueller matrices; Arbitrary decomposition of a Mueller matrix; On the rank of the covariance matrix of a parallel composition; Characteristic decomposition of a Mueller matrix; Polarimetric subtraction of Mueller matrices; Passivity constraints; Optimum filtering of measured Mueller matrices Serial decompositions of depolarizing Mueller matrices ; Introduction ; Generalized polar decomposition; Symmetric decomposition; Passivity constraints in serial decompositions of depolarizing Mueller matrices; Invariant-equivalent Mueller matrices; Arrow decomposition of a Mueller matrix; Singular Mueller matrices; Serial-parallel decompositions Differential Jones and Mueller matrices ; Introduction; Differential Jones matrices and elementary polarization properties; Differential Mueller matrices; Differential decomposition of Mueller matrices; Differential Mueller matrix of a homogeneous depolarizing medium Geometric representation of Mueller matrices ; Introduction; P -image and I -image of a Mueller matrix; Representative ellipsoids of a Mueller matrix; Ellipsoids associated with some special Mueller matrices; Characteristic ellipsoids of a depolarizing Mueller matrix; Intrinsic ellipsoids of a Mueller matrix; Topological properties of the characteristic ellipsoids; Five-vector representation; Geometric view of depolarization, diattenuation and polarizance; Geometric representation of nondepolarizing Mueller matrices; Experimental examples References Index A summary appears at the end of each chapter.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 535.52; Polarization (Light)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482251562
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