Return the Mueller matrix for a homogeneous elliptic diattenuator (see
references).
- - t0 is the total transmission (default: 1).
- - d is the diattenuation value (default: 0).
- - azimuth and ellipticity (default: 0) describe the
two orthogonal polarization eigenstates.
- - azimuthmode is a string defining the interpretation of
the azimuth angle: ’radiants’ (default) or ’degree’.
Arguments t0, d, azimuth, or
ellipticity can be passed as a scalar
or as a matrix or as a cell array. In the two latter cases, a cell
array M of Mueller matrices is returned. The size of M
is given by max(size(t0),size(d),size(azimuth),size(ellipticity))
and elements of smaller matrices of t0, d,
azimuth or ellipticity are used in a loop-over manner.
References:
- E. Collett, Field Guide to Polarization,
SPIE Field Guides vol. FG05, SPIE (2005). ISBN 0-8194-5868-6.
- R. A. Chipman, "Polarimetry," chapter 22 in Handbook of Optics II,
2nd Ed, M. Bass, editor in chief (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1995)
- "Mueller calculus",
last retrieved on Dec 17, 2013.
- Boulvert et al., "Decomposition algorithm of an experimental
Mueller matrix", Opt.Comm. 282(2009):692-704
See also: mueller_homogeneous_elliptic_retarder.