Evolution of the polarization of electromagnetic waves in weakly anisotropic inhomogeneous media - A comparison of quasi-isotropic approximations of the geometrical optics method and the Stokes vector formalism

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 563-568

  Kravtsov, Yury A ^a,b   Bieg, Bohdan ^a  

^a MARITIME UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Polarization; Quasi isotropic approximation; Stokes vector; Weakly anisotropic inhomogeneous media

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349130366     PISSN: 18951082     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11534-008-0044-y     Document Type: Article

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