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Jones Calculus
Jones calculus is a mathematical formalism for analyzing the propagation and manipulation of polarized light using vectors and matrices. Developed by Robert Clark Jones in 1941, it represents the electric field of a coherent optical beam as a two-component complex vector (Jones vector) and optical elements as matrices (Jones matrices), enabling elegant tracking of polarization through optical systems.
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- Jones, R. C. (1941). A new calculus for the treatment of optical systems: I. Description and discussion of the calculus. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 31(7), 488-493. DOI: 10.1364/JOSA.31.000488 ↗
- Born, M., & Wolf, E. (1980). Principles of Optics (6th ed.). Pergamon Press. link ↗
- Goldstein, D. H. (2003). Polarized Light (2nd ed.). Marcel Dekker. link ↗