Anisotropic integral decomposition of depolarizing Mueller matrices

Razvigor Ossikovski (1) , Ali Kuntman , Oriol Arteaga (2, 1)

1 LPICM - Laboratoire de physique des interfaces et des couches minces [Palaiseau]
2 FEMAN - FEMAN

We propose a novel, computationally efficient integral decomposition of depolarizing Mueller matrices allowing for the obtainment of a nondepolarizing estimate, as well as for the determination of the elementary polarization properties, in terms of mean values and variances-covariances of their fluctuations, of a weakly anisotropic depolarizing medium. We illustrate the decomposition on experimental examples and compare its performance to those of alternative decompositions.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

Razvigor Ossikovski, Ali Kuntman, Oriol Arteaga. Anisotropic integral decomposition of depolarizing Mueller matrices. OSA Continuum, 2019, ⟨10.1364/OSAC.2.001900⟩. ⟨hal-02437061⟩