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: Received: 26 November 2019 / Approved: 28 November 2019 / Online: 28 November 2019 (03:05:38 CET)
How to cite:
San Jose, I.; Gil, J.J. Physically Realizable Parallel Decompositions of Experimentally Determined Mueller Matrices. Preprints2019, 2019110347 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201911.0347.v1).
San Jose, I.; Gil, J.J. Physically Realizable Parallel Decompositions of Experimentally Determined Mueller Matrices. Preprints 2019, 2019110347 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201911.0347.v1).
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San Jose, I.; Gil, J.J. Physically Realizable Parallel Decompositions of Experimentally Determined Mueller Matrices. Preprints2019, 2019110347 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201911.0347.v1).
San Jose, I.; Gil, J.J. Physically Realizable Parallel Decompositions of Experimentally Determined Mueller Matrices. Preprints 2019, 2019110347 (doi: 10.20944/preprints201911.0347.v1).
Abstract
Parallel decompositions have proved to be powerful tools for the analysis and interpretation of the physical information provided by Mueller matrices experimentally obtained. In this work, the procedure for the so-called arbitrary decomposition of Mueller matrices is validated through its application to a set of representative experimentally determined Mueller matrices. The covariance and passivity criteria required for the physical realizability of the Mueller matrices involved in the parallel decompositions are integrated in the procedure, which ensures the physical consistency of the results presented.
Keywords
Mueller matrix; polarization
Subject
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, Optics
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