Anisotropic integral decomposition of depolarizing Mueller matrices

Abstract

We propose a novel, computationally efficient integral decomposition of depolarizing Mueller matrices allowing for the obtainment of a nondepolarizing estimate, as well as for the determination of the elementary polarization properties, in terms of mean values and variancescovariances of their fluctuations, of a weakly anisotropic depolarizing medium. We illustrate the decomposition on experimental examples and compare its performance to those of alternative decompositions.

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