A Table of Some Coherency Matrices, Coherency Matrix Factors, and Their Respective Mueller Matrices

Many books on polarization give tables of Mueller matrices. The coherency matrix has been found useful for interpretetion the matrix. Here we a table matrices M, C, and factors F different components systems. is not given some complicated nondeterministic cases. In many cases, though, very simple form. particular, expressions general case an homogeneous elliptic diattenuating retarder. Different coordinate systems describing retarders are compared, generalized retardation sphere, analogous to Poincaré sphere. For deterministic case, have particularly forms Cartesian or stereographic coordinates in space.