A complete characterization of pre-Mueller and Mueller matrices in polarization optics
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01/02/2010
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Resumo |
The Mueller-Stokes formalism that governs conventional polarization optics is formulated for plane waves, and thus the only qualification one could require of a 4 x 4 real matrix M in order that it qualify to be the Mueller matrix of some physical system would be that M map Omega((pol)), the positive solid light cone of Stokes vectors, into itself. In view of growing current interest in the characterization of partially coherent partially polarized electromagnetic beams, there is a need to extend this formalism to such beams wherein the polarization and spatial dependence are generically inseparably intertwined. This inseparability brings in additional constraints that a pre-Mueller matrix M mapping Omega((pol)) into itself needs to meet in order to be an acceptable physical Mueller matrix. These additional constraints are motivated and fully characterized. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America |
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application/pdf |
Identificador |
http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/25789/1/rt.pdf Simon, BN and Simon, S and Mukunda, N and Gori, F and Santarsiero, M and Borghi, R and Simon, R (2010) A complete characterization of pre-Mueller and Mueller matrices in polarization optics. In: Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics, Image Science, and Vision, 27 (2). pp. 188-199. |
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Optical Society of America. |
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http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/viewmedia.cfm?uri=josaa-27-2-188&seq=0 http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/25789/ |
Palavras-Chave | #Centre for High Energy Physics |
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Journal Article PeerReviewed |