Matrix Treatment of Polarization
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Polarization

Polarization of an electromagnetic wave is direction of the electric field vector E.
Mathematical presentation of polarized light: Jones Vectors


Usefulness and some properties of the Jones vectors
Two properties of the polarization vector or Jones vector :

1) polarization state of a wave does not change if its Jones vector is multiplied by a constant.
It only affects the amplitude.

2) polarizatio
p p p
n state of a wave does not change if its Jones vector is multiplied ) p g p by a constant phase factor eiφ .
It promotes phase of each element by but not the phase difference