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

Lecture notes: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... 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 Other sources: Optics: Half-wave plate | MIT Video Demonstrations in Lasers and Optics    • Optics: Half-wave plate | MIT Video Demons...   Optics: Quarter-wave plate | MIT Video Demonstrations in Lasers and Optics    • Optics: Quarter-wave plate | MIT Video Dem...   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