Model description of the degree of polarization of nonstationary light waves

摘要

A theoretical approach is developed that provides the possibility of representing partially polarized radiation in the form of a sum of mutually orthogonal polarized and incoherent components and in the form of a model device with a time-dependent circular birefringence. This approach allows one to apply the vector-matrix Jones method in calculations. The possibility of theoretically determining the degree of polarization of the light passed through a corresponding device placed in an external magnetic field is shown as an illustration.