Structure of generalized Mueller matrix including isotropic depolarization

• Published in: Proceedings of LFNM'2001. 3rd International Workshop on Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling (Cat. No.01EX463) pp. 156 - 158
• Main Authors: Savenkov, S.N., Yushtin, K.E.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2001
• Subjects: Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Electromagnetic waveguides; Evolution (biology); Magnetic properties; Stokes parameters; Symmetric matrices; Transmission line matrix methods; Waveguide components

Polarization properties of an object in the case of its linear interaction with electromagnetic radiation (frequency of radiation does not change, and object properties are the same in time of interaction) can be described by using 4/spl times/4 Mueller matrix with real elements. For various classes...