05. Polarization (Jones vectors and matrices, partial polarization, Stokes parameters)

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TYPO: at 21:49, I switched e^{i phi} and e^{-i phi} in the off-diagonal elements.

0:42 Vectorial wave equation and polarization
1:40 Jones vector and polarization states
4:54 Jones matrices, polarizers
5:29 Wave plates
9:51 Rotated wave plates or polarizers
13:54 Unpolarized and partially polarized light
14:42 Comparison between partial coherence and partial polarization
16:09 Coherency matrix
17:26 Examples of coherency matrices
18:43 Decomposing the coherency matrix, Stokes parameters
19:54 Defining the Stokes parameters experimentally
21:21 Poincare sphere
23:17 Comparison between polarization states and two-level quantum states
24:23 Interference of polarized fields: Fresnel-Arago laws

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Statistical Optics, Joseph W. Goodman

Hecht, Eugene. "Note on an operational definition of the Stokes parameters." American Journal of Physics 38.9 (1970): 1156-1158