Complex polarization angle: Relation to traditional polarization parameters and application to microwave plasma polarimetry

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 101-107

  Czyz, Z H ^a   Bieg, B ^b   Kravtsov, Yu A ^b,c  

^a TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MARITIME UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^c Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Plasma; Plasma diagnostic; Poincar sphere; Polarization; Quasi isotropic approximation; Stokes vector

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETOPLASMA; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS;

COTTON-MOUTON EFFECT; POINCARE; POLARIZATION ANGLE; POLARIZATION ELLIPSE; POLARIZATION EVOLUTION; POLARIZATION PARAMETERS; QUASI-ISOTROPIC; STOKES VECTOR;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 34547452180     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2007.03.055     Document Type: Article

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