Polarized light in optics and spectroscopy /

This comprehensive introduction to polarized light provides students and researchers with the background and the specialized knowledge needed to fully utilize polarized light. It provides a basic introduction to the interaction of light with matter for those unfamiliar with photochemistry and photop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kliger, David S.
Otros Autores: Lewis, James W., 1948-, Randall, Cora Einterz
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Academic Press, �1990.
Temas:
Licht, ...
Polarization (Light)
Spectrum analysis.
Spectrum Analysis
Polarisation (Lumi�ere)
Analyse spectrale.
polarized light.
SCIENCE > Physics > Optics & Light.
Spectrum analysis
Polarisiertes Licht
Optik
Spektralanalyse
Polarisation
Spektroskopie
Licht
Physique math�ematique.
Optique.
Polarisation (lumi�ere)
Spectroscopie.
Light
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Nature of Light
  • Historical Background
  • Light and Spectroscopy
  • Polarization Properties of Light
  • The Wave Model and Nomenclature
  • Linearly Polarized Light
  • Circularly Polarized Light
  • Elliptically Polarized Light
  • A Pictorial Representation of Polarization
  • Pitfalls of Describing Circular Polarization
  • Devices for Control of Polarized Light
  • Linear Polarizers
  • Retarders
  • Depolarizers
  • Polarization Blindness Can Be Cured!
  • Glan-Foucault Polarizer
  • Introduction to the Jones Calculus, Mueller Calculus, and Poincare Sphere
  • General Description of the Methods
  • The Jones Calculus
  • The Mueller Calculus
  • Matrix Trains
  • Examples of the Jones and Mueller Calculi
  • Description of the Poincare Sphere
  • Qualitative Interpretation of the Stokes Parameters
  • The Jones Calculus, Mueller Calculus, and Poincare Sphere Revisited
  • Derivation of the Stokes Parameters from the Electric Vector
  • Derivation of the Relations between the Electric Vector Component Amplitudes and Phase Differences and the Ellipticity and Azimuth of the Polarization Ellipse
  • Explicit Determination of the Ellipticity and Azimuth from the Stokes Parameters
  • Explicit Determination of the Points on the Poincare Sphere from the x and y Components of the Electric Vector
  • Effect of Retardation on Points on the Poincare Sphere
  • Jones N-Matrix Formulation
  • Spectroscopy with Polarized Light
  • Interaction of Light with Matter
  • Absorption Spectroscopy with Unpolarized Light.

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