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Polarization and the Stokes Parameters
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The Stokes parameters have been found to offer a very convenient method for the description of polarization of both electromagnetic radiation and elementary particles. Their development is presented along with some applications to physical problems.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McMaster, W. H.
- Venue
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 1954-09-01
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 351-362
- ISSN
- 0002-9505 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-2909
- OpenAlex
- W1966497517
- Cited by
- 231
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 2.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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