| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 5, 2010
API'09 - First NanoCharM Workshop on Advanced Polarimetric Instrumentation
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| Article Number | 04005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 1 | |
| Section | Mueller matrix algebra and data analysis | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20100504005 | |
| Published online | 02 June 2010 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20100504005
Decomposition and interpretation of Mueller matrices
LPICM, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, 91128, Palaiseau, France
The various decompositions of depolarizing Mueller matrices into products of basic optical devices, i.e. retarders, diattenuators and depolarizers, are critically revisited. Both “classic” as well as recently proposed factorizations are overviewed. The “depolarization aspect” is given a special attention. Experimental matrices are factorized and physically interpreted using the different decompositions. The problems of physical realizability and matrix filtering are treated in connection with the sum decomposition of a depolarizing Mueller matrix.
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