Polarized light
Subtitle: fundamentals and applications
By: Edward Collett.
Series: Optical engineering ;;  36; Optical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ;; v. 36.
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 581
Subjects: Polarization (Light); Polarization (Light) -- Industrial applications.
Description: This self-study guide explores polarization using the Stokes vector, the Stokes parameters and the Mueller matrices - lending a modern perspective to the topic. It includes material on the experiment for the classical Zeeman effect. Facilitating the study of polarized light without prior knowledge of Maxwell's equations, this book: utilizes the classical wave theory of optics in place of Maxwell's equations wherever possible; shows polarized light in terms of observables (Stokes polarization parameters), linking theoretical descriptions of the optical field to quantities that are actually measured in the laboratory; examines in detail Maxwell's theory and its connection to polarized light, and to accelerating charges in classical electrodynamics and quantum mechanics; documents various measurement methods using the Stokes vector and Mueller matrices; and explores the characterization of the complex refractive index and film thickness of optical materials.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.