Characteristic properties of Mueller matrices
JOSA A, Vol. 17, Issue 2, pp. 328-334 (2000)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.17.000328
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Abstract
A complete and minimum set of necessary and sufficient conditions for a real 4 × 4 matrix to be a physical Mueller matrix is obtained. An additional condition is presented to complete the set of known conditions, namely, the four conditions obtained from the nonnegativity of the eigenvalues of the Hermitian matrix H associated with a Mueller matrix M and the transmittance condition. Using the properties of H, a demonstration is also presented of Tr(MTM) = 4m002 as being a necessary and sufficient condition for a physical Mueller matrix to be a pure Mueller matrix.
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OCIS Codes
(120.2130) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Ellipsometry and polarimetry
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
Citation
José J. Gil, "Characteristic properties of Mueller matrices," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 17, 328-334 (2000)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josaa/abstract.cfm?URI=josaa-17-2-328
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