Stokes vectors, Mueller matrices, and polarized scattered light: experimental applications to optical surfaces and all other scatterers

William S. Bickel; Gorden W. Videen

doi:10.1117/12.50491

1 December 1991 Stokes vectors, Mueller matrices, and polarized scattered light: experimental applications to optical surfaces and all other scatterers

William S. Bickel, Gorden W. Videen

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Proceedings Volume 1530, Optical Scatter: Applications, Measurement, and Theory; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50491
Event: San Diego, '91, 1991, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We discuss scattering in the context of the Stokes vectors and Mueller matrices that characterize the interaction. In order to study surface structures using light-scattering techniques it is useful to examine the nature of light scattered from perfect and perturbed mirror surfaces.

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William S. Bickel and Gorden W. Videen "Stokes vectors, Mueller matrices, and polarized scattered light: experimental applications to optical surfaces and all other scatterers", Proc. SPIE 1530, Optical Scatter: Applications, Measurement, and Theory, (1 December 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50491

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