Analysis of depolarizing Mueller matrices through a symmetric decomposition

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

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1109-1118

  Ossikovski, Razvigor ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; MUELLER MATRIX; POLARIZATION DEVICES;

DEPOLARIZATION;

EID: 67249154449     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.26.001109     Document Type: Article

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