Geometric modelling of polarimetric transformations

• Autores: José Manuel Correas Dobato, Chelo Ferreira González, Ignacio San José, José Jorge Gil
• Localización: Ninth international conference Zaragoza-Pau on applied mathematics and statistics: Jaca (Spain). September 19-21, 2005 / coord. por Monique Madaune-Tort, 2006, ISBN 84-7733-871-X, págs. 115-120
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A new method for analyzing the polarimetric properties of material samples, based on geometric representations of the transformations of the Poincaré sphere, is presented.

    Two transformed geometric objects are considered on the basis of the intensity (I) and the degree of polarization (P) of the transformed Stokes vectors. The ¿I-Image¿ of Poincaré sphere describes the diattenuation properties whereas the ¿P-Image¿ describes the depolarization properties. Birefringence properties are related to rotations arising in both objects. This model provides useful methods for analyzing experimental and industrial polarimetric measurements