Polarization properties of light scattered by a metallic cylinder

The experimental determination of the angularly resolved Mueller matrix associated to light scattered by a metallic cylinder is reported. The angle-dependent values of depolarization index and Gil-Bernabeu theorem confirm there are not depolarization effects. To our knowledge, this is the cheapest a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: López-Morales, G., Saucedo-Orozco, I., Espinosa-Luna, R., Zhan, Q., Villa-Villa, F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Física
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.rmf.smf.mx:article/350
Acceso en línea:https://rmf.smf.mx/ojs/index.php/rmf/article/view/350
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Polarization
Mueller matrix
analysis of polarized light
Descripción
Sumario:The experimental determination of the angularly resolved Mueller matrix associated to light scattered by a metallic cylinder is reported. The angle-dependent values of depolarization index and Gil-Bernabeu theorem confirm there are not depolarization effects. To our knowledge, this is the cheapest and easiest way to generate uniform linear horizontal and vertical polarizations scattered angularly. A possible application associated to the use of plastic optical fibers acting like a polarization de-multiplexer is briefly discussed.