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Eigenanalysis of dichroic, birefringent, and degenerate polarization elements: a Jones-calculus study
Sergey N Savenkov1, Oleksiy I Sydoruk, Ranjan S Muttiah
1Department of Radiophysics, Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University, 01033 Kiev, Ukraine. sns@univ.kiev.ua
Abstract:
A theoretical analysis of eigenpolarizations and eigenvalues pertaining to the Jones matrices of dichroic, birefringent, and degenerate polarization elements is presented. The analysis is carried out employing a general model of a polarization element. Expressions for the corresponding polarization elements are derived and analyzed. It is shown that, despite the presence of birefringence, a polarization element can, in a general case, demonstrate a totally dichroic behavior. Moreover, it is proved that birefringence necessarily accompanies dichroic elements with orthogonal eigenpolarizations. A transition between degenerate, dichroic, and birefringent eigenvalues is studied, and examples of synthesis of polarization elements are given.
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