Higher Order Statistsics of Stokes Parameters in a Random Birefringent Medium

Details Higher Order Statistsics of Stokes Parameters in a Random Birefringent Medium Higher Order Statistsics of Stokes Parameters in a Random Birefringent Medium

2007-05-14

arxiv.org/abs/0705.1793v2

Waves in Random and Complex Media, Volume 18, No. 2, pp. 275-292, 2008

Physics

Optics

Scientific paper

10.1080/17455030701762636

We present a new model for the propagation of polarized light in a random birefringent medium. This model is based on a decomposition of the higher order statistics of the reduced Stokes parameters along the irreducible representations of the rotation group. We show how this model allows a detailed description of the propagation, giving analytical expressions for the probability densities of the Mueller matrix and the Stokes vector throughout the propagation. It also allows an exact description of the evolution of averaged quantities, such as the degree of polarization. We will also discuss how this model allows a generalization of the concepts of reduced Stokes parameters and degree of polarization to higher order statistics. We give some notes on how it can be extended to more general random media.

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