Polarization Optics: From Fundamentals to Applications

A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Interaction Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 504

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College of Opto-Electronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130000, China
Interests: polarization detection and transmission; optical information processing
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College of Opto-Electronic Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130000, China
Interests: polarization optics

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Dear Colleagues,

Polarization provides more information for the target recognition from the background, as well as for increasing the detection range in underwater, fog and smoke environments. The use of polarization has become an efficient measure for researching target detection under the low-contrast medium. Therefore, studying the polarization optics, ranging from fundamentals to applications, is vital for practical detection.

This Special Issue will present an overview of polarization optics research fundamentals and their applications. We request research papers on the theoretical aspects and practical applications of polarized optics in this Special Issue of Photonics, titled “Polarization Optics: From Fundamentals to Applications”. This Special Issue will feature original research articles and reviews.

Dr. Su Zhang
Dr. Juntong Zhan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • polarization light propagation
  • polarization detection
  • polarization scattering
  • target polarization characteristic
  • polarization measurement

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Communication
Mueller Matrix Associated with an Arbitrary 4×4 Real Matrix. The Effective Component of a Mueller Matrix
by José J. Gil and Ignacio San José
Photonics 2025, 12(3), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics12030230 - 4 Mar 2025
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Due to the limited accuracy of experimental data, Mueller polarimetry can produce real 4×4 matrices that fail to meet required covariance or passivity conditions. A general and simple procedure to convert any real 4×4 matrix into a valid Mueller matrix by adding a [...] Read more.
Due to the limited accuracy of experimental data, Mueller polarimetry can produce real 4×4 matrices that fail to meet required covariance or passivity conditions. A general and simple procedure to convert any real 4×4 matrix into a valid Mueller matrix by adding a portion of polarimetric white noise is presented. This approach provides deeper insight into the structure of Mueller matrices and has a subtle relation to the effective component of the Mueller matrix, which is defined through the subtraction of the fully random component of the characteristic decomposition. Up to a scale coefficient determined by the third index of polarimetric purity of the original Mueller matrix, the effective component retains complete information on the polarimetric anisotropies. Full article
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