Recently, an order-independent Mueller matrix decomposition was proposed in an effort to
elucidate the nine depolarization degrees of freedom [Handbook of Optics, Vol. 1 of Mueller …

We present an algorithm that decomposes a Mueller matrix into a sequence of three matrix
factors: a diattenuator, followed by a retarder, then followed by a depolarizer. Those factors …

Through a simple procedure based on the Lu–Chipman decomposition [S.-Y. Lu and RC
Chipman, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 13, 1106 (1996)], any depolarizing Mueller matrix can be …

We show that the product decomposition of a depolarizing Mueller matrix (S.-Y. Lu, RA
Chipman, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 13 (1996) 1106) as well as the recently proposed reverse …

A product decomposition of a depolarizing Mueller matrix consisting in the sequence of five
factors—a diagonal depolarizer stacked between two retarder and diattenuator pairs—is …

The passivity of the linear components in the main approaches for serial decompositions of
depolarizing Mueller matrices [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A13, 1106 (1996); J. Opt. Soc. Am. A26, 1109 …

We present a unified formal description and a detailed study of the depolarization spaces
defined by various depolarization metrics based on the eigenvalues of the covariance matrix …

A deterministic Mueller matrix (Mueller–Jones matrix) contains seven independent
parameters. By writing the so-called coherence vector in parametric form, the Mueller matrix …

A product decomposition of a nondepolarizing Mueller matrix consisting of the sequence of
three factors—a first linear retarder, a horizontal or vertical" retarding diattenuator," and a …

A number of depolarization metrics is applied to a series of reported Mueller matrices. It is
shown the depolarization scalar metric Q (M) provides consistent results with the reported …