Function File: V = stokes_unpolarized()
Function File: V = stokes_unpolarized(p)

Return the Stokes vector for unpolarized light.

  • - p is the intensity of the light, if not given or set to [] the default value 1 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 V of Stokes vectors 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. "Stokes parameters", last retrieved on Dec 17, 2013.

See also: stokes_lphorizontal, stokes_degpolarization.

Package: optics