Light Polarization and Stokes Parameters
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The polarization state of an electromagnetic wave can conveniently be described by a set of Stokes parameters. On the left, the polarization ellipse describes the motion of the optical electric field () in a plane transverse to the light propagation direction. On the right are the corresponding Stokes parameters defined in terms of intensity difference measurements
Contributed by: Gianni Di Domenico and Antoine Weis (March 2011)
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