Matrix Calculus and the Stokes Parameters of Polarized Radiation
- 1 April 1954
- journal article
- Published by American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in American Journal of Physics
- Vol. 22 (4) , 170-174
- https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1933670
Abstract
The specification of the state of polarization of beams of radiation by Stokes parameters is discussed. Mueller's method of regarding the Stokes parameters as column matrices and optical devices as represented by 4×4 matrices is described and examples of the procedure are given. The relation of the Stokes parameters to the Poincaré sphere representation is shown.Keywords
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