SPI Microscopy Library

Polarized Light: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
By: Dennis Goldstein
Marcel Dekker © 2003, 653 pgs.

One of the quintessential properties of light is its polarization, and this detailed, self-study guide explores this important and far-reaching discipline using the Stokes vector, the Stokes parameters, and the Mueller matrices -- lending a modern perspective to the topic. In-depth discussions, detailed derivations, over 200 references, more than 160 figures and nearly 2500 equations make this book comprehensive indeed!

Facilitating the study of polarized light without prior knowledge of Maxwell's equations, Polarized Light utilizes the classical wave theory of optics in place of Maxwell's equations wherever possible. Showing 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 explores the characterization of complex refractive index and film thickness of optical materials and much more.

Providing a coherent exposition of the subject, this book is an essential reference for optical, laser, electrical, electronics, electro-optic, and mechanical engineers; physicists, optical physicists, astrophysicists, biophysicists, and laser physicists; organic chemists and biochemists; materials scientists; glass researchers; and upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and continuing-education students in these disciplines.

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