An objective analysis is carried out of the matricial models representing the polarimetric
properties of light and material media leading to the identification and definition of their …

Because of the noncommutativity of the matrix product, the three factors into which a
depolarizing Mueller matrix is decomposed, ie, the diattenuator, the retarder, and the …

The Mueller matrix describes all the polarizing properties of a sample and, therefore, the
optical differences between noncancerous and precancerous tissue that may be present …

Postdeposition thermal annealing is used to enhance the form birefringence of
nanostructured Ti O 2 thin films grown by electron-beam evaporation using the serial …

We experimentally assess the validity of the reverse polar decomposition (R. Ossikovski et
al., Opt. Lett. 32, 689 (2007)), which describes any Mueller matrix as a product of a …

We present a theoretical analysis of the connection between classical polarization optics
and quantum mechanics of two-level systems. First, we review the matrix formalism of …

We report experimental results on mixed-state generation by multiple scattering of
polarization-entangled photon pairs created from parametric down-conversion. By using a …

A theoretical analysis of eigenpolarizations and eigenvalues pertaining to the Jones
matrices of dichroic, birefringent, and degenerate polarization elements is presented. The …

This paper focuses on polar decomposition, which is based on the quaternion formalism, in
single-look and multilook synthetic aperture radar polarimetry. Polar decomposition is used …

A new Mueller polarimeter based on liquid crystals and a microscope objective is presented,
for the characterization of diffraction gratings in a conical diffraction mounting. Fast …