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Minkowskian description of polarized light and polarizers.
E. NavarroJuan Antonio Moralessubject
PhysicsFormalism (philosophy of mathematics)lawQuantum mechanicsReciprocity (electromagnetism)Lorentzian spaceDegree of polarizationLight beamPolarizerPolarization (waves)law.inventiondescription
A conventional Stokes description of polarized light is considered in a four-dimensional Lorentzian space, developing a seminal idea of Paul Soleillet [Ann. Phys. (Paris) 12, 23 (1929)]. This provides a striking interpretation for the degree of polarization and the Stokes decomposition of light beams. Malus law and reciprocity theorems for polarizers are studied using this Lorentzian formalism.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-07-19 | Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics |