Degree of polarization as a criterion to obtain the nine bilinear constraints between the Mueller-Jones matrix elements

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 6047-6054

  Espinosa Luna, Rafael ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

BILINEAR CONSTRAINTS; MUELLER-JONES MATRIX ELEMENTS; OVERGAIN CONDITIONS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 36749008544     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.006047     Document Type: Article

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