Polarization and the Stokes Parameters
Abstract
The Stokes parameters have been found to offer a very convenient method for the description of polarization of both electromagnetic radiation and elementary particles. Their development is presented along with some applications to physical problems.
- Publication:
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American Journal of Physics
- Pub Date:
- September 1954
- DOI:
- 10.1119/1.1933744
- Bibcode:
- 1954AmJPh..22..351M