Depolarizing differential Mueller matrices |
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| Authors: | Ortega-Quijano Noé Arce-Diego José Luis |
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| Institution: | Applied Optical Techniques Group, Electronics Technology, Systems and Automation Engineering Department, University of Cantabria, Avenida de los Castros S/N, 39005 Santander, Cantabria, Spain. ortegan@unican.es |
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| Abstract: | The evolution of a polarized beam can be described by the differential formulation of Mueller calculus. The nondepolarizing differential Mueller matrices are well known. However, they only account for 7 out of the 16 independent parameters that are necessary to model a general anisotropic depolarizing medium. In this work we present the nine differential Mueller matrices for general depolarizing media, highlighting the physical implications of each of them. Group theory is applied to establish the relationship between the differential matrix and the set of transformation generators in the Minkowski space, of which Lorentz generators constitute a particular subgroup. |
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