000135778 001__ 135778 000135778 005__ 20260112133326.0 000135778 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/photonics11050411 000135778 0248_ $$2sideral$$a138797 000135778 037__ $$aART-2024-138797 000135778 041__ $$aeng 000135778 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-1740-2244$$aGil, José J. 000135778 245__ $$aMueller Matrix Polarizing Power 000135778 260__ $$c2024 000135778 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000135778 5203_ $$aThe transformation of the states of polarization of electromagnetic waves through their interaction with polarimetrically linear media can be represented by the associated Mueller matrices. A global measure of the ability of a linear medium to modify the states of polarization of incident waves, due to any combination of enpolarizing, depolarizing and retarding properties, is introduced as the distance from the Mueller matrix to the identity matrix. This new descriptor, called the polarizing power, is applicable to any Mueller matrix and can be expressed as a function of the degree of polarimetric purity and the trace of the Mueller matrix. The graphical representation of the feasible values of the polarizing power provides a general view of its main peculiarities and features. The values of the polarizing power for several typical devices are analyzed. 000135778 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 000135778 590__ $$a1.9$$b2024 000135778 592__ $$a0.459$$b2024 000135778 591__ $$aOPTICS$$b77 / 125 = 0.616$$c2024$$dQ3$$eT2 000135778 593__ $$aAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics$$c2024$$dQ2 000135778 593__ $$aInstrumentation$$c2024$$dQ2 000135778 593__ $$aRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging$$c2024$$dQ3 000135778 594__ $$a3.5$$b2024 000135778 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000135778 773__ $$g11, 5 (2024), 411 [11 pp.]$$pPhotonics (Basel)$$tPhotonics$$x2304-6732 000135778 8564_ $$s1320487$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135778/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000135778 8564_ $$s2661033$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/135778/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000135778 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:135778$$particulos$$pdriver 000135778 951__ $$a2026-01-12-13:09:26 000135778 980__ $$aARTICLE