Polarized LightCRC Press, 19.12.2017 - 808 Seiten Polarized light is a pervasive influence in our world—and scientists and engineers in a variety of fields require the tools to understand, measure, and apply it to their advantage. Offering an in-depth examination of the subject and a description of its applications, Polarized Light, Third Edition serves as a comprehensive self-study tool complete with an extensive mathematical analysis of the Mueller matrix and coverage of Maxwell’s equations. Links Historical Developments to Current Applications and Future Innovations This book starts with a general description of light and continues with a complete exploration of polarized light, including how it is produced and its practical applications. The author incorporates basic topics, such as polarization by refraction and reflection, polarization elements, anisotropic materials, polarization formalisms (Mueller–Stokes and Jones) and associated mathematics, and polarimetry, or the science of polarization measurement. New to the Third Edition:
Divided into four parts, this book covers the fundamental concepts and theoretical framework of polarized light. Next, it thoroughly explores the science of polarimetry, followed by discussion of polarized light applications. The author concludes by discussing how our polarized light framework is applied to physics concepts, such as accelerating charges and quantum systems. Building on the solid foundation of the first two editions, this book reorganizes and updates existing material on fundamentals, theory, polarimetry, and applications. It adds new chapters, graphics, and color photos, as well as a new appendix on conventions used in polarized light. As a result, the author has re-established this book’s lofty status in the pantheon of literature on this important field. |
Inhalt
Wave Equation in Classical Optics | |
The Polarization Ellipse | |
Stokes Polarization Parameters | |
Mueller Matrices for Polarizing Components | |
Polarization Optical Elements | |
Ellipsometry | |
Mathematics of the Mueller Matrix | |
Form Birefringence and Meanderline Retarders | |
Introduction to Classical and Quantum Theory | |
The Classical Radiation Field | |
Radiation Emitted by Accelerating Charges | |
Radiation of an Accelerating Charge in | |
Derivation and Mueller | |
Mueller Matrices for Dielectric Plates | |
The Jones Matrix Formalism | |
The Poincaré Sphere | |
Law of Sines in Spherical Trigonometry | |
Introduction | |
Measurement of the Characteristics | |
Stokes Polarimetry | |
Mueller Matrix Polarimetry | |
Techniques in Imaging Polarimetry | |
Channeled Polarimetry for Snapshot | |
Introduction | |
Optics of Metals | |
Accelerating Charges | |
The Classical Zeeman Effect | |
Further Applications of the Classical Radiation | |
The Stokes Parameters and Mueller Matrices | |
Stokes Parameters for Quantum Systems | |
Conventions in Polarized Light | |
Vector Representation of the Optical Field | |
Bibliography | |
Parameters | |
Theory | |
Polarized Light | |