Stokes-vector evolution in a weakly anisotropic inhomogeneous medium
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Stokes-vector evolution in a weakly anisotropic inhomogeneous medium.
The equation for evolution of the four-component Stokes vector in weakly anisotropic and smoothly inhomogeneous media is derived on the basis of a quasi-isotropic approximation of the geometrical optics method, which provides the consequent asymptotic solution of Maxwell's equations. Our equation generalizes previous results obtained for the normal propagation of electromagnetic waves in strati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Optical Society of America A
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1084-7529,1520-8532
DOI: 10.1364/josaa.24.003388