This chapter describes approaches to understanding the physics of the interaction of
polarized beams with natural scenes and to searching for informative and useful polarimetric …

The transformation of the state of polarization of a light beam via its linear interaction with a
material medium can be modeled through the Stokes–Mueller formalism. The Mueller matrix …

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 measured Mueller matrices contain up to 16 independent parameters for each
measurement configuration (spectral profile of the wave probe of the polarimeter, angle of …

An Up-to-Date Compendium on the Physics and Mathematics of Polarization Phenomena
Now thoroughly revised, Polarized Light and the Mueller Matrix Approach cohesively …

Various kinds of abnormalities and pathologies result in changes of the structural properties
of collagen and other fibrous biological tissues, thereby leading to significant alterations of …

The prospect of evaluating media without destroying or otherwise disturbing its properties
has long been sought and readily adopted in biomedicine and beyond. Low-intensity light …

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 polarization and depolarization properties of two types of targets have been derived
from the experimental determination of their Mueller matrix image. Each polarization …

We present the materials of analytical review of modern scientific literature, which deals with
the interaction of polarized radiation with phase-inhomogeneous and optically anisotropic …