Experimental implementation and properties of Stokes nondiagonalizable depolarizing Mueller matrices
Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 7, pp. 974-976 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.000974
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Abstract
We report on the experimental realization of a family of depolarizing Mueller matrices that are Stokes nondiagonalizable. We likewise demonstrate a unique characteristic property of Stokes nondiagonalizable matrices consisting in the preservation of the degree of polarization of a single totally polarized input and illustrate it on our experimental example.
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OCIS Codes
(230.5440) Optical devices : Polarization-selective devices
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(280.0280) Remote sensing and sensors : Remote sensing and sensors
ToC Category:
Optical Devices
History
Original Manuscript: November 12, 2008
Revised Manuscript: February 5, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: February 23, 2009
Published: March 20, 2009
Citation
Razvigor Ossikovski, Clément Fallet, Angelo Pierangelo, and Antonello De Martino, "Experimental implementation and properties of Stokes nondiagonalizable depolarizing Mueller matrices," Opt. Lett. 34, 974-976 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-34-7-974
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