期刊名称：Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1992-8645
电子版ISSN：1817-3195
出版年度：2014
卷号：60
期号：2
出版社：Journal of Theoretical and Applied
摘要：Stokes vector evolution in a homogeneous birefringent medium is treated in terms of Cayley-Klein parameters inside 8D space of geometric Clifford algebra. Scaled to unity, Stokes parameters are compared with directional cosines of a unit vector in geometric algebra and with a unit magnetization vector in NMR. The unusual interpretation of Cayley-Klein parameters in matrix optics is regarded as a stimulus to revise 4D entities in geometric algebra.
关键词：Polarization; Stokes vector; Mathematical methods in physics; Quantum optics.
