DEPOLARIZATION OF LIGHT BY AN IMPERFECT POLARIZER

Authors
KRASA J JIRICKA J LOKAJICEK M
Citation
J. Krasa et al., DEPOLARIZATION OF LIGHT BY AN IMPERFECT POLARIZER, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 48(4), 1993, pp. 3184-3186
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
48
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3184 - 3186
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1993)48:4<3184:DOLBAI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The intensity of originally unpolarized light passing through three li near polarizers from which the first two were identical and crossed wa s shown to be fully independent of the azimuthal angle of the third (t esting) polarizer. This means that the second polarizer acts as a depo larizer of light polarized by the first one. We interpret the phenomen on phenomenologically on the basis of Mueller calculus in which polari zed light is described by Stokes vectors.