Experimental validation of the reverse polar decomposition of depolarizing Mueller matrices

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Anastasiadou, Makrina ^a   Ben Hatit, S ^a   Ossikovski, Razvigor ^a   Guyot, Steve ^a   De Martino, Antonello ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Dichroism; Mueller matrix; Polar decomposition; Polarization; Reverse

Indexed keywords

DEPOLARIZATION; DICHROISM; MICA; POLARIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; MUELLER MATRIX; POLAR DECOMPOSITIONS; REASONABLE VALUE; RETARDATION PLATE; REVERSE; VARIABLE CONCENTRATION;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 84887206780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2007.07018     Document Type: Article

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