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	Analys av interferensfransar	ABCD Matrix	Mueller-Stokes-kalkyl
Ämnesområde	Optik	Optik	Optik
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	1801	1966	1852
Upphovsperson	Thomas Young and Daniel Malus	Herwig Kogelnik and Tingye Li	George Gabriel Stokes and Hans Mueller
Typ	Pattern analysis algorithm	Ray optics formalism	Vector-matrix formalism
Ursprungskälla	Malacara, D. (Ed.). (2007). Optical Shop Testing (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.	Kogelnik, H., & Li, T. (1966). Laser beams and resonators. Applied Optics, 5(10), 1550-1567.	Stokes, G. G. (1852). On the composition and resolution of streams of polarized light from different sources. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 9, 399-416.
Alias	fringe pattern analysis, interferometry, phase extraction	ray transfer matrix, ABCD method, system matrix	Mueller matrix method, Stokes parameters, Mueller calculus
Närliggande	3	3	3
Sammanfattning	Interferogram fringe analysis is a computational methodology for extracting quantitative information from interference fringe patterns recorded in optical systems. Rooted in Thomas Young's 1801 double-slit experiment and formalized in 20th-century metrology, this approach interprets the spatial patterns of constructive and destructive interference to measure surface topography, optical aberrations, refractive-index distributions, and other optical properties with high precision.	The ABCD matrix, or ray transfer matrix method, is a compact algebraic framework for analyzing optical systems. Introduced by Kogelnik and Li in 1966, it represents the linear transformation of ray position and angle (or Gaussian beam parameters) through optical elements. This method is foundational in laser physics, Gaussian optics, and optical design, enabling rapid calculation of resonator stability, beam propagation, and system performance.	Mueller-Stokes calculus is a mathematical framework for describing and analyzing the polarization properties of light, including partially polarized and unpolarized light. Grounded in George Gabriel Stokes' 1852 work on polarization parameters and extended by Hans Mueller in 1948, this formalism uses the four-component Stokes vector and the 4×4 Mueller matrix to track how optical systems transform polarization states.