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Mueller Matrices for Polarizing Elements
What Are Mueller Matrices? Mueller matrices are 4x4 matrices that describe the linear relationship between polarization states of the incident light beam and the emerging light beam after passing through some polarizing elements, i.e., polarizers, waveplates, rotators. Mueller matrices are used together with Stokes parameters (Stokes vectors). Please check out this article if you need a review of Stokes parameters. Now let's look at figure 1 below. Figure 1: Interaction of a polarized beam with a polarizing element The incident beam is characterized by its Stokes parameters S: The incident beam interacts with the polarizing element, and the...