Polarized Light: Fundamentals and Applications (Optical Engineering, Vol 36)

By Edward Collett

This self-study guide explores polarization using the Stokes vector, the Stokes parameters and the Mueller matrices - lending a modern perspective to the topic. It includes material on the experiment for the classical Zeeman effect. Maxwell's equations, this book: utilizes the classical wave theory of optics in place of Maxwell's equations wherever possible; shows polarized light in terms of observables (Stokes polarization parameters), linking theoretical descriptions of the optical field to quantities that are actually measured in the laboratory; examines in detail Maxwell's theory and its connection to polarized light, and to accelerating charges in classical electrodynamics and quantum mechanics; documents various measurement methods using the Stokes vector and Mueller matrices; and explores the characterization of the complex refractive index and film thickness of optical materials.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824787293
• ISBN13: 9780824787295
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 581 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 10.0"