Appendix AJones and Stokes Vectors

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Appendix A

Jones and Stokes Vectors

Normalized Jones Vectors Normalized Stokes Vectors

Linear horizontally polarized light 1

0

1 0 0

2 6 4

3 7

5 (A.1)

Linear vertically polarized light 0

1

1 0 0

2 6 4

3 7

5 (A.2)

Linear 45
polarized light 1ffiffiffi

2

p 1 1

0 1 0

2 6 4

3 7

5 (A.3)

Linear 45
polarized light 1ffiffiffi

2

p 1

1

1 0 0

2 6 4

3 7

5 (A.4)

Right circularly polarized light 1ffiffiffi

2

p 1

i

0 0 1

2 6 4

3 7

5 (A.5)

Left circularly polarized light 1ffiffiffi

2

p 1 i

0 0

1

2 6 4

3 7

5 (A.6)

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