Stokes parameters as a Minkowskian four-vector

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 6065-6076

  Han, D ^a   Kim, Y S ^b   Noz, Marilyn E ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000946366     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.6065     Document Type: Article

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