Title :

General criterion for the physical realizability of the differential Mueller matrix

Author(s) :

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

Journal title :

OPTICS LETTERS

Pages :

1216-1219

Publisher :

Optical Society of America - OSA Publishing

Publication date :

2014-02-20

ISSN :

0146-9592

English keyword(s) :

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

HAL domain(s) :

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]

English abstract : [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 ...
Show more >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.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

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

Source :

Harvested from HAL