TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental validation of Mueller matrix differential decomposition
AU - Ortega-Quijano, Noé
AU - Haj-Ibrahim, Bicher
AU - García-Caurel, Enric
AU - Arce-Diego, José Luis
AU - Ossikovski, Razvigor
PY - 2012/1/16
Y1 - 2012/1/16
N2 - Mueller matrix differential decomposition is a novel method for retrieving the polarimetric properties of general depolarizing anisotropic media [N. Ortega-Quijano and J. L. Arce-Diego, Opt. Lett. 36, 1942 (2011), R. Ossikovski, Opt. Lett. 36, 2330 (2011)]. The method has been verified for Mueller matrices available in the literature. We experimentally validate the decomposition for five different experimental setups with different commutation properties and controlled optical parameters, comparing the differential decomposition with the forward and reverse polar decompositions. The results enable to verify the method and to highlight its advantages for certain experimental applications of high interest.
AB - Mueller matrix differential decomposition is a novel method for retrieving the polarimetric properties of general depolarizing anisotropic media [N. Ortega-Quijano and J. L. Arce-Diego, Opt. Lett. 36, 1942 (2011), R. Ossikovski, Opt. Lett. 36, 2330 (2011)]. The method has been verified for Mueller matrices available in the literature. We experimentally validate the decomposition for five different experimental setups with different commutation properties and controlled optical parameters, comparing the differential decomposition with the forward and reverse polar decompositions. The results enable to verify the method and to highlight its advantages for certain experimental applications of high interest.
U2 - 10.1364/OE.20.001151
DO - 10.1364/OE.20.001151
M3 - Article
C2 - 22274460
AN - SCOPUS:84855928363
SN - 1094-4087
VL - 20
SP - 1151
EP - 1163
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
IS - 2
ER -