Propagation of partially polarized light in dichroic and birefringent media

J F Mosiño; A Starodumov; O Barbosa-Garcia; V N Filippov

doi:10.1088/1464-4266/3/2/362

Propagation of partially polarized light in dichroic and birefringent media

J F Mosiño
, A Starodumov^*
, O Barbosa-Garcia
, V N Filippov

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We report on an exact analytical solution for the Jones and Mueller matrices for the most general uniform, linear non-depolarizing media with an arbitrary dichroism and birefringence. We show that this Mueller matrix is a Mueller-Jones matrix. An analytical expression for the degree of polarization (DoP) has been derived as a function of the parameters of birefringence and dichroism. In our formalism six cases for the DoP are analysed. An oscillatory behaviour for the DoP has been reported in the case when the net birefringence is greater than the net dichroism. A method to determine all the physical parameters of a transmission medium, such as a total birefringence and a total dichroism, from the measurements of the DoP has been proposed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S159-S165
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1464-4266/3/2/362
Publication status	Published - Apr 2001
Externally published	Yes
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed
Event	International Interdisciplinary Conference on Polarization Effects in Lasers, Spectroscopy and Optoelectronics (PELS 2000) - SOUTHAMPTON, Finland Duration: 6 Sept 2000 → 8 Sept 2000

Keywords

polarization
dichroism
birefringence
Mueller matrix
ERBIUM-DOPED-FIBER
MUELLER MATRIX
OPTICAL-FIBER
DEPOLARIZATION
POLARIMETRY
FORMALISM
DYNAMICS
LASER

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