Series: Series in optics and optoelectronics )CRC Press( ;21.
"A Taylor & Francis book."
Polarized electromagnetic waves -- Three-dimensional states of polarization -- Nondepolarizing media. Jones and Mueller-Jones matrices -- Nondepolarizing media. Retarders, diattenuators and serial decompositions -- The concept of depolarizing Mueller matrix -- Physical quantities in a Mueller matrix -- Parallel decompositions of Mueller matrices -- Serial decompositions of depolarizing Mueller matrices -- Differential Jones and Mueller matrices -- Geometric representation of Mueller matrices.
Includes bibliographical references )pages 363-373( and index.