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Stokes parameters

The Stokes parameters are a set of values that describe the polarization state of electromagnetic radiation. They were defined by George Gabriel Stokes in 1851, as a mathematically convenient alternative to the more common description of incoherent or partially polarized radiation in terms of its total intensity (I), (fractional) degree of polarization…

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related to References · 25
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related to Definitions · 11
Stokes parameters → Cartesian, Here, Ip, Jones, S0, S1, S2, S3, Stokes, The, The Stokes
related to Relationship to Hermitian operators and quantum mixed states · 11
Stokes parameters → Bloch, C2, From, Hermitian, Hilbert, Jones, Note, Stokes, The, The Jones, The Stokes
related to Alternative explanation · 8
Stokes parameters → Alternatively, Jones, One, Psi, See, Stokes, The, The Stokes
measured by · 4
Stokes parameters → I-Q, Stokes, The Stokes, Using
related to Stokes vectors · 4
Stokes parameters → For, Jones, Stokes, The Stokes
related to Relation to the polarization ellipse · 3
Stokes parameters → In, Inverting, Stokes
related to Properties · 2
Stokes parameters → For, Stokes
related to Representations in fixed bases · 2
Stokes parameters → In, Stokes

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