Physical Significance of the Determinant of a Mueller Matrix

The determinant of a Mueller matrix M plays an important role in both polarization algebra and the interpretation of polarimetric measurements. While certain physical quantities encoded in M admit a direct interpretation, the understanding of the physical and geometric significance of the determinan...

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Main Authors: Gil, J.J (Author), José, I.S (Author), Ossikovski, R. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
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