Function File: M = mueller_waveplate()
Function File: M = mueller_waveplate(p)

Return the Mueller matrix for a linear wave plate with a phase delay given in wavelength units and long axis rotation of 0 degrees.

  • - p is the phase delay in wavelength units, ranging from 0 to 1; if not given or set to [] the default value 0 is used.

Argument p 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 of the same size is returned.

References:

  1. E. Collett, Field Guide to Polarization, SPIE Field Guides vol. FG05, SPIE (2005). ISBN 0-8194-5868-6.
  2. R. A. Chipman, "Polarimetry," chapter 22 in Handbook of Optics II, 2nd Ed, M. Bass, editor in chief (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1995)
  3. "Mueller calculus", last retrieved on Dec 17, 2013.

See also: mueller_linretarder, mueller_circretarder.

Package: optics