Polarized Light [Hardcover]

Polarized light is a pervasive influence in our worldand scientists and engineers in a variety of fields require the tools to understand, measure, and apply it to their advantage. Offering an in-depth examination of the subject and a description of its applications, Polarized Light, Third Edition serves as a comprehensive self-study tool complete with an extensive mathematical analysis of the Mueller matrix and coverage of Maxwells equations.

This book starts with a general description of light and continues with a complete exploration of polarized light, including how it is produced and its practical applications. The author incorporates basic topics, such as polarization by refraction and reflection, polarization elements, anisotropic materials, polarization formalisms (MuellerStokes and Jones) and associated mathematics, and polarimetry, or the science of polarization measurement.

• A new introductory chapter
• Chapters on: polarized light in nature, and form birefringence
• A review of the history of polarized light, and a chapter on the interference laws of Fresnel and Aragoboth completely re-written
• A new appendix on conventions used in polarized light
• New graphics, and black-and-white photos and color plates

Divided into four parts, this book covers the fundamental concepts and theoretical framework of polc