The issue of physical realizability constraints on depolarizing scattering or imaging systems
is addressed. In particular, the overpolarization problem, ie, the problem of ensuring that the …

We consider the problem of establishing conditions on a given Mueller matrix that ensure
that the scattered light is purely polarized independently of the incident light polarization. It is …

Two configurations of imaging polarimeters are described that are designed for polaimetric
optical metrology. The first is a Stokes imaging polarimeter which measures the polarization …

We show that the coherency matrix associated with a general depolarizing Mueller matrix
can be factorized into the product of a matrix, the coherency matrix factor, and its conjugate …

A problem originating in radar polarimetry is considered for which the radar target is to be
characterized by its 4x4 Mueller matrix [M] properties in terms of a partially polarized wave …

The Mueller-Stokes formalism that governs conventional polarization optics is formulated for
plane waves, and thus the only qualification one could require of a 4× 4 real matrix M in …

The polarizing and depolarizing properties of an optical system can be derived from the
experimental determination of its Mueller matrix. Constructing an algorithm to treat an …

The radiometric accuracy of space-borne instruments such as radiometers and
spectroradiometers which make measurements of the earth and other celestial objects can …

A wide class of nonuniformly totally polarized beams that preserve their transverse
polarization pattern during paraxial propagation was studied. Beams of this type are of …

The problem of measurement of block-diagonal scattering matrix as being part of the so-
called incomplete or partial Mueller polarimetry is addressed. It has been shown that non …