E. M. Ovsiyuk, O. V. Veko, V. M. Red'kov, “Mueller semigroups of the rank 1 and 2”, PFMT, 2012, Issue 2(11),Pages <nobr>34

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PHYSICS

Mueller semigroups of the rank 1 and 2

E. M. Ovsiyuk^a, O. V. Veko^a, V. M. Red'kov^b

^a I.P. Shamyakin Mosyr State Pedagogical University, Mozyr
^b B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk

Abstract: Several simple sets of degenerated Mueller matrices of the rank 1 and 2 having the structure of semigroups are constructed explicitly with the use of a linear expansion of real $4 \times 4 $-matrices in terms of Dirac matrices. The properties important in polarization optics are considered

Keywords: Mueller matrix, polarization optics, semigroup.

UDC: 535.51

Received: 12.12.2011