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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| Language: | English |
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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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Table of Contents:
- 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