Function File: P = stokes_intensity(V)

Function File: [P,Q,...] = stokes_intensity(V,W,...)

Return intensity of light described by Stokes vectors.

• - V,W,... define (arrays of) Stokes vectors. The function returns their intensity values as numeric arrays P,Q,... of corresponding size.

V,W,... can be passed as either numeric vectors or cell arrays of Stokes vectors.

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. "Stokes parameters", last retrieved on Dec 17, 2013.

See also: stokes_isstokes, stokes_degpolarization.

Package: optics