Polarized light fundamentals and applications
This self-study guide explores polarization using the Stokes vector, the Stokes parameters and the Mueller matrices - lending a modern perspective to the topic. It includes material on the experiment for the classical Zeeman effect. Facilitating the study of polarized light without prior knowledge o...
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New York, NY
Marcel Dekker
1993
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| Series: | Optical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.)
v. 36 |
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| 260 | |a New York, NY |b Marcel Dekker |c 1993 | ||
| 300 | |a xvii, 581 p. |b ill. |c 26 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Optical engineering |v 36 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | |a Pt. I. The Classical Optical Field -- Introduction -- The Wave Equation in Classical Optics -- The Polarization Ellipse -- The Stokes Polarization Parameters -- The Mueller Matrices for Polarizing Components -- Methods for Measuring the Stokes Polarization Parameters -- The Measurement of the Characteristics of Polarizing Elements -- Mueller Matrices for Reflection and Transmission -- The Mueller Matrices for Dielectric Plates -- The Jones Matrix Calculus -- The Poincare Sphere -- The Interference Laws of Fresnel and Arago -- Pt. II. The Classical and Quantum Theory of Radiation by Accelerating Charges -- Introduction -- Maxwell's Equations for the Electromagnetic Field -- The Classical Radiation Field -- Radiation Emitted by Accelerating Charges -- The Radiation of an Accelerating Charge in the Electromagnetic Field -- The Classical Zeeman Effect -- Further Applications of the Classical Radiation Theory -- The Stokes Parameters and Mueller Matrices for Optical and Faraday Rotation -- The Stokes Parameters for Quantum Systems -- Pt. III. Applications -- Introduction -- Crystal Optics -- Optics of Metals -- Elipsometry -- Appendix: Vector Representation of the Optical Field - Application to Optical Activity | ||
| 520 | |a This self-study guide explores polarization using the Stokes vector, the Stokes parameters and the Mueller matrices - lending a modern perspective to the topic. It includes material on the experiment for the classical Zeeman effect. Facilitating the study of polarized light without prior knowledge of Maxwell's equations, this book: utilizes the classical wave theory of optics in place of Maxwell's equations wherever possible; shows polarized light in terms of observables (Stokes polarization parameters), linking theoretical descriptions of the optical field to quantities that are actually measured in the laboratory; examines in detail Maxwell's theory and its connection to polarized light, and to accelerating charges in classical electrodynamics and quantum mechanics; documents various measurement methods using the Stokes vector and Mueller matrices; and explores the characterization of the complex refractive index and film thickness of optical materials. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Polarization (light) | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Polarization (Light) |x Industrial applications | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Optical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) |v v. 36 | |
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