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Minkowskian description of polarized light and polarizers.

2002

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.

PhysicsFormalism (philosophy of mathematics)lawQuantum mechanicsReciprocity (electromagnetism)Lorentzian spaceDegree of polarizationLight beamPolarizerPolarization (waves)law.inventionPhysical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
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