Titre :

General criterion for the physical realizability of the differential Mueller matrix

Auteur(s) :

Ossikovski, Razvigor [Auteur]
Laboratoire de physique des interfaces et des couches minces [Palaiseau] [LPICM]
Devlaminck, Vincent [Auteur]
LAGIS-SI

Titre de la revue :

OPTICS LETTERS

Pagination :

1216-1219

Éditeur :

Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing

Date de publication :

2014-02-20

ISSN :

0146-9592

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

(280.0280) Remote sensing and sensors
(260.5430) Polarization
(230.5440) Polarization-selective devices
(280.0280) Remote sensing and sensors.

Discipline(s) HAL :

Physique [physics]/Physique [physics]/Optique [physics.optics]
Informatique [cs]/Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]
Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]/Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Résumé en anglais : [en]

In this Letter, we derive a general criterion for the physical realizability of the differential Mueller matrix m of a depolarizing continuous medium. The criterion is based on checking the positive semidefiniteness of a ...
Lire la suite >In this Letter, we derive a general criterion for the physical realizability of the differential Mueller matrix m of a depolarizing continuous medium. The criterion is based on checking the positive semidefiniteness of a 3×3 restriction of the coherency matrix of the G-symmetric component of m and turns out be a close analogue of the well-known criterion of Cloude for a Mueller matrix to be physically realizable. The related aspects of local and global, as well as Stokes and physical (or Cloude), realizabilities are discussed comparatively. The practical application of the criterion, in connection with the above types of realizabilities, is illustrated on experimental Mueller matrices from the literature.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

• Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille (CRIStAL) - UMR 9189

Source :

Harvested from HAL