Evolution of the polarization state for radiation propagating in a nonuniform, birefringent, optically active, and dichroic medium: The case of a magnetized plasma

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-100

  Segre, Sergio E ^a,b  

^a ASSOCIAZIONE EURATOM ENEA SULLA FUSIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; OPTICS; PHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; PHYSICS;

EID: 0033630307     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.000095     Document Type: Article

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