Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
5. 1. CONVENTIONAL DESCRIPTION OF POLARIZED LIGHT 1
6. 2. MODERN DESCRIPTION OF POLARIZED LIGHT 15
7. 3. POLARIZERS: CLASSES AND PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS 32
8. 4. DICHROIC POLARIZERS 43
9. 5. BIREFRINGENCE POLARIZERS 65
10. 6. REFLECTION POLARIZERS 78
11. 7. RETARDERS AND CIRCULAR POLARIZERS 87
12. 8. MUELLER CALCULUS AND JONES CALCULUS 109
13. 9. APPLICATIONS TO THE CONTROL OF INTENSITY, GLARE, AND COLOR 124
14. 10. OTHER APPLICATIONS TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 149
15. APPENDIX 1. DIRECT PRODUCTION OF POLARIZED LIGHT 161
16. APPENDIX 2. STANDARD MUELLER MATRICES AND JONES MATRICES 165
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 173
18. INDEX 203