Canonical forms of depolarizing Mueller matrices

Razvigor Ossikovski

doi:10.1364/JOSAA.27.000123

Canonical forms of depolarizing Mueller matrices

Razvigor Ossikovski

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It is shown that any depolarizing Mueller matrix can be reduced, through a product decomposition, to one of a total of two canonical depolarizer forms, a diagonal and a non-diagonal one. As a consequence, depolarizing Mueller matrices can be divided into Stokes diagonalizable and Stokes non-diagonalizable ones. Properties characteristic of the two canonical depolarizers are identified and discussed. Both canonical depolarizer forms are illustrated in experimental examples taken from the literature.

langue originale	Anglais
Pages (de - à)	123-130
Nombre de pages	8
journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Volume	27
Numéro de publication	1
Les DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.27.000123
état	Publié - 1 janv. 2010

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