Polarization is a fundamental property of light and a powerful sensing tool that has been
applied to many areas. A Mueller matrix is a complete mathematical description of the …

Polarized light is a pervasive influence in our world—and scientists and engineers in a
variety of fields require the tools to understand, measure, and apply it to their advantage …

Consideration is given to the basic properties and characteristics of optical vortices (OV)
featuring a helical phase structure combined with axisymmetric polarization structure …

Calculating the evolution of polarization for all polarization states of light in optical systems,
in global coordinates, is an important, yet challenging task. This calculation exists for …

In this paper, we derive Maréchal-type approximations for the unpolarized imaging of points
in the presence of small retardation and diattenuation. As the representation of such …

The point spread function (PSF) for astronomical telescopes and instruments depends not
only on geometric aberrations and scalar wave diffraction, but also on the apodization and …