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Polarization and Polarimetry

Published

Author(s)

Kent B. Rochford

Abstract

Definitions, descriptions, measurements, and models are presented for the optical properties of polarization and polarimetry. Included are the properties of birefringence, diattenuation, and retardance and the calculational methods of Jones and Mueller matrices.
Citation
None
Pub Type
Encyclopedias

Keywords

Jones matrix, Mueller matrix, optics, polarimetry, polarization light

Citation

Rochford, K. (2001), Polarization and Polarimetry, None (Accessed October 31, 2024)

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Created January 1, 2001, Updated October 16, 2008