Field Guide to Polarization

Field Guide to Polarization
ISBN-10
0819458686
ISBN-13
9780819458681
Category
Science
Pages
134
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Society of Photo Optical
Author
Edward Collett

Description

The polarization of light is one of the most remarkable phenomena in nature and has led to numerous discoveries and applications. The nature and mathematical formulation of unpolarized light and partially polarized light were not readily forthcoming until the 1950s, when questions about polarized light and the mathematical tools to deal with it began to be addressed in earnest. As a result, there is a very good understanding of polarized light today. The primary objective of this guide is to provide an introduction to the developments in polarized light that have taken place over the past half-century, and present the most salient topics of the subject matter such as Mueller matrices, Stokes polarization parameters, and Jones matrices.

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