TY - BOOK AU - Gil Pérez,José Jorge AU - Ossikovski,Razvigor TI - Polarized light and the Mueller matrix approach T2 - Series in optics and optoelectronics SN - 9781482251555 AV - QC441 .G55 2016 U1 - 535.52 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Electromagnetic waves KW - Polarization KW - Polarization (Light) N1 - "A Taylor & Francis book."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-373) and index; Polarized electromagnetic waves -- Three-dimensional states of polarization -- Nondepolarizing media. Jones and Mueller-Jones matrices -- Nondepolarizing media. Retarders, diattenuators and serial decompositions -- The concept of depolarizing Mueller matrix -- Physical quantities in a Mueller matrix -- Parallel decompositions of Mueller matrices -- Serial decompositions of depolarizing Mueller matrices -- Differential Jones and Mueller matrices -- Geometric representation of Mueller matrices ER -