Author:
Collett, Edward, 1934-
Imprint:Long Branch, N.J. : The Polawave Group, Inc., 2012.
Descriptionxlv, 802 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Note:Preface -- A historical note -- First pages of papers by G.G. Stokes and E. Wolf -- Prologue -- Introduction -- The wave equation in classical optics -- The polarization ellipse -- The Poincaré sphere -- The Stokes polarization parameters -- Mueller matrices for polarizing components -- Polarization measurements -- Mueller matrices for reflection and transmission -- Muller matrices for dielectric plates -- The hybrid polarization sphere -- Applications of the hybrid polarization sphere -- Optical depolarizers and scramblers -- Fresnel-Arago interference laws -- The Jones matrix calculus -- Polarization and coherence -- The electrodynamic foundation of polarized light -- Maxwell's equations for the electromagnetic field -- The classical radiation field -- The electromagnetic radiation of accelerating charges -- The classical Zeeman effect -- Relativistic radiation and scattering -- Stokes parameters for quantum systems -- Optical isolators and optical circulators -- Crystal optics -- The fluorescence polarization of solutions -- The optics of metals -- Ellipsometry -- Appendix I. Vector representation of the optical field : application to optical activity -- Appendix II. Stokes vectors for various polarization states -- Appendix III. Mueller matrices for various polarization states -- Appendix IV. Jones matrices Stokes vectors for various polarization states.
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