This discussion focuses on the analysis of elliptical polarization using Jones's Matrix form and linear polarizers. The Jones calculus is emphasized as a method for describing electric fields, while intensity calculations require squaring the Jones vector. For accurate measurements, the Mueller calculus and Stokes vector are recommended instead of Jones calculus. The user seeks to construct arbitrary elliptical polarization in matrix form, specifically [1, 1+.021354i], and is confused about the intensity outcomes when passing through a linear polarizer.
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Pattarasak said:hello everyone,I want to construct the elliptical polarization in Jones's Matrix form . So, I use the linear polarizer to analyze this polarization. where the Intensity ,which obtain by using the linear polarizer,come from? by integrating overall angle or the other way ?
thank for yours answer.But the actually thing that i want to do is experiment to construct the arbitrary elliptical polarization in matrix form e.g. : [1 , 1+.021354i ]. So, i want to know the phase of this polarization (exp[i theta]) then i use the linear polarizer to analyze this polarization. However the result from this experiment is very weird (Because i can't plot the ellipse by using this data). So, i just confuse in the Intensity ,which is the outcome when the elliptical polarization pass through a linear analyzer.Andy Resnick said:The Jones vector for an elliptical polarization state is easily constructed, for either linear or circular basis states, once you specify the four parameters needed to define the ellipse. Then, if you want to compute what happens when elliptically polarized light is transmitted through a linear polarizer (or any other polarization optical element), you simply multiply the Jones vector and Jones matrix for the element.