Muller matrix ( scattering matrix , polarization matrix or phase matrix ) is a mathematical operator in the theory of light scattering, developed by the American physicist Hans Muller. Introduced to describe the interaction of arbitrarily polarized electromagnetic radiation specified by the Stokes vector with a scattering object, surface or element of the medium. It is a 4 × 4 matrix that converts the Stokes vector of incident light into the Stokes vector parameter of scattered radiation.
The Muller matrix has found wide application in various applied fields of optics and classical electrodynamics , for example, in problems of solving the wave equation of radiation transfer .
Literature
- Michael I. Mishchenko, Joachim W. Hovenier, Larry D. Travis. Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications. - Academic Press, 1999 .-- 690 p. - ISBN 1493301624 .
- Michael I. Mishchenko, Larry D. Travis, Andrew A. Lacis. Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles. - Revised electronic edition. - Cambridge University Press, 2002 .-- 445 p. - ISBN 0-521-78252-X .