This thesis is concerned with the development of a general theory for the characterisation of
polarimetric scattering problems. Traditionally, two main approaches have been used in the …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the polarimetry in electromagnetic wave
scattering. It has identified three levels of development of the subject. In the first stage …

A set of parameters can be based on properties of the polarization scattering matrix which
are invariant to change in the axial ratio of the polarization ellipse for the measuring …

In the normal incidence backscattering configuration, a polarimetric measurement always
preserves the reciprocal symmetry. For a reciprocal Jones matrix, the number of elementary …

A measure of the degree of polarization for the three-dimensional polarization matrix
(coherence matrix) of an electromagnetic field is proposed, based on Rayleigh scattering …

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 …

A polarimetric optical specular event detector (OSED) has been developed to provide
spatially and temporally resolved polarimetric data of backscattering in the visible from water …

This contribution is concerned with the theory of optical and radar polarimetry dealing with
forward (transmission) and backscatter polarimetric scattering. Characteristic similarities and …

In this paper we consider the physical interpretation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors in the
coherency matrix formulation of optical polarimetry. The coherency matrix formulation is …

It is demonstrated that the occurence of backscattered polarization patterns relates to the
conservation of angular momentum of light. Using the geometrical phase formalism in the …