RT Journal Article
T1 Dealing depolarization of light in Mueller matrices with scalar metrics
A1 Espinosa Luna, Rafael
A1 Atondo Rubio, Gelacio
A1 Bernabeu Martínez, Eusebio
A1 Hinojosa Ruiz, Sinhué Lizandro
AB A number of depolarization metrics is applied to a series of reported Mueller matrices. It is shown the depolarization scalar metric Q(M) provides consistent results with the reported scalar metrics like the depolarization index and the degree of polarization. It is shown Q(M) provides additional information about the internal nature of the Mueller matrices, specifically when the upper limit, 3, is reached. It is also shown the depolarization index and the Q(M) metric are only necessary but not sufficient conditions for the physical realizability of Mueller matrices. Finally, Q(M) is proven to be consistent in all cases studied here.
PB Gustav Fischer Verlag
SN 0030-4026
YR 2010
FD 2010
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44288
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44288
LA eng
NO © 2009 Elsevier GmbH.R. Espinosa-Luna and E.Bernabéu express their gratitude to CONACYT for the support provided for the  realization of this work under project No.83182. E. Bernabéu expresses his particular acknowledgments to ‘‘Flores Valles’’ Program of UCM to facilitate his presence in CIO. R. Espinosa-Luna, G. Atondo-Rubio and S.Hinojosa-Ruız express their gratitude to their respective Institutions for the realization of this work as part of the GIPYS initiative (Grupo Interinstitucional de Polarización y Scattering).
NO Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT), México
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
NO Grupo Interinstitucional de Polarización y Scattering (GIPYS), México
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 abr 2025