Unraveling the physical information of depolarizers

Van Eeckhout, Albert ; Gil, José J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Garcia-Caurel, Enrique ; Romero, Javier García ; Ossikovski, Razvigor ; José, Ignacio San ; Moreno, Ignacio ; Campos, Juan ; Lizana, Angel

Resumen: The link between depolarization measures and physical nature and structure of material media inducing depolarization is nowadays an open question. This article shows how the joint use of two complementary sets of depolarizing metrics, namely the Indices of polarimetric purity and the Components of purity, are sufficient to completely describe the integral depolarizing properties of a sample. Based on a collection of illustrative and representative polarimetric configurations, a clear and meaningful physical interpretation of such metrics is provided, thus extending the current tools and comprehension for the study and analysis of the depolarizing properties of material media. This study could be of interest to those users dealing with depolarization or depolarizing samples.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1364/OE.438673

Año: 2021

Publicado en: OPTICS EXPRESS 29, 23 (2021), 38811-38823
ISSN: 1094-4087

Factor impacto JCR: 3.833 (2021)

Categ. JCR: OPTICS rank: 28 / 101 = 0.277 (2021) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 7.3 - Physics and Astronomy (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.233 - Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU-FEDER/RTI2018-097107-B-C31

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Aplicada (Dpto. Física Aplicada)