GENERALIZED TRACE CONDITION ON THE MUELLER-JONES POLARIZATION MATRIX

被引:17
作者
BROSSEAU, C [1 ]
GIVENS, CR [1 ]
KOSTINSKI, AB [1 ]
机构
[1] MICHIGAN TECHNOL UNIV,DEPT MATH SCI,HOUGHTON,MI 49931
来源
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA A-OPTICS IMAGE SCIENCE AND VISION | 1993年 / 10卷 / 10期
关键词
D O I
10.1364/JOSAA.10.002248
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The purpose of this Communication is to derive a generalized trace condition for a Mueller-Jones polarization matrix that is based on the Brosseau-Barakat [Opt. Commun. 84, 127 (1991)] analysis of the effects of fluctuations in a linear scattering medium on a polarized wave field. The expression developed contains the previously known trace condition for a deterministic optical system as a special case.
引用
收藏
页码:2248 / 2251
页数:4
相关论文
共 18 条
[1]   RELATIONS BETWEEN ELEMENTS OF PHASE MATRIX FOR SCATTERING [J].
ABHYANKAR, KD ;
FYMAT, AL .
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, 1969, 10 (10) :1935-+
[3]   BILINEAR CONSTRAINTS BETWEEN ELEMENTS OF THE 4BY4 MUELLER-JONES TRANSFER-MATRIX OF POLARIZATION THEORY [J].
BARAKAT, R .
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1981, 38 (03) :159-161
[4]  
BICOUT D, 1992, J PHYS I, V2, P2047, DOI 10.1051/jp1:1992266
[5]   DISTRIBUTION OF STOKES PARAMETERS IN A RANDOM LINEAR SCATTERING [J].
BROSSEAU, C .
JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS, 1992, 39 (06) :1167-1171
[6]  
BROSSEAU C, 1990, OPTIK, V85, P83
[7]   JONES AND MUELLER POLARIZATION MATRICES FOR RANDOM-MEDIA [J].
BROSSEAU, C ;
BARAKAT, R .
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS, 1991, 84 (3-4) :127-132
[8]  
BROSSEAU C, 1990, OPTIK, V85, P190
[9]   RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ELEMENTS OF THE STOKES MATRIX [J].
FRY, ES ;
KATTAWAR, GW .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1981, 20 (16) :2811-2814
[10]   A DEPOLARIZATION CRITERION IN MUELLER MATRICES [J].
GIL, JJ ;
BERNABEU, E .
OPTICA ACTA, 1985, 32 (03) :259-261