Polarized Light and the Mueller Matrix Approach

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This revised compendium integrates basic concepts of polarization phenomena from the dual viewpoints of polarization of electromagnetic waves and transformations by the action of material media. Through selected examples, it illustrates actual and potential applications in materials science, biology, and optics technology. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Polarized electromagnetic waves, 2. Three-dimensional states of polarization, 3. Nondepolarizing media, 4. Nondepolarizing media: Retarders, diattenuators, and serial decompositions, 5. The concept of Mueller matrix, 6. Physical quantities in a Mueller matrix, 7. Parallel decompositions of Mueller matrices, 8.Serial decompositions of depolarizing Mueller matrices, 9. Differential Jones and Mueller matrices, 10. Geometric representation of Mueller matrices, 11. Filtering of Measured Mueller matrices.