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    named it as the Stokes parameters. The relationship of the Stokes parameters S0, S1, S2, S3 to intensity and polarization ellipse parameters is shown in the...
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  • introduced by George Gabriel Stokes in 1852. The relationship of the Stokes parameters to intensity and polarization ellipse parameters is shown in the equations...
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    West. The angle of polarization can be unwrapped into the Q and U Stokes parameters. Q and U are defined as the linearly polarized intensities along the...
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  • The Stokes operators are the quantum mechanical operators corresponding to the classical Stokes parameters. These matrix operators are identical to the...
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  • (disambiguation) Stokes flow Stokes' law Stokes' law of sound attenuation Stokes line Stokes number Stokes parameters Stokes radius Stokes relations Stokes shift...
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    Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet, (/stoʊks/; 13 August 1819 – 1 February 1903) was an Irish mathematician and physicist. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, Stokes spent...
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  • Stokes. They were developed over several decades of progressively building the theories, from 1822 (Navier) to 1842–1850 (Stokes). The Navier–Stokes equations...
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    Benjamin Andrew Stokes (born 4 June 1991) is an English international cricketer who is the captain of the England Test team. Stokes has played for England...
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  • mechanics, non-dimensionalization of the Navier–Stokes equations is the conversion of the Navier–Stokes equation to a nondimensional form. This technique...
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    electromagnetic wave which is polarized. DOP can be calculated from the Stokes parameters. A perfectly polarized wave has a DOP of 100%, whereas an unpolarized...
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  • derived by George Gabriel Stokes in 1851 by solving the Stokes flow limit for small Reynolds numbers of the Navier–Stokes equations. The force of viscosity...
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    two circular polarisation components required to measure all four Stokes parameters, which yield a full description of polarisation. It is thus believed...
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  • Stokes wave Stokes (unit) Stokes' law Stokeslet Stokes operators (quantum) Stokes parameters Stokes relations Stokes shift Stokes vector Stokes lens Navier–Stokes...
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    Stokes' theorem, also known as the Kelvin–Stokes theorem after Lord Kelvin and George Stokes, the fundamental theorem for curls, or simply the curl theorem...
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  • for further work done based on this. Polarization Scattering parameters Stokes parameters Mueller calculus Photon polarization The prefactor e i π / 4...
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  • Mueller calculus is a matrix method for manipulating Stokes vectors, which represent the polarization of light. It was developed in 1943 by Hans Mueller...
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  • polarization mixing refers to changes in the relative strengths of the Stokes parameters caused by reflection or scattering—see vector radiative transfer—or...
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    Salazar-Ramírez, M.; Granados, V.D. (2016). "SU(1,1) approach to Stokes parameters and the theory of light polarization". Journal of the Optical Society...
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    In the second edition, some new topics were added, including the Stokes parameters, the Kramers–Kronig dispersion relations, and the Sommerfeld–Brillouin...
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    Commissions 25 and 40: 'RESOLVED, that the frame of reference for the Stokes parameters is that of Right Ascension and Declination with the position angle...
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    Stokes – using a perturbation series approach, now known as the Stokes expansion – obtained approximate solutions for nonlinear wave motion. Stokes's...
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  • Navier–Stokes equations. In 1852, Stokes showed that light polarisation can be described in terms of what are now known as the Stokes parameters. The Stokes...
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    stars. Therefore, the observations are normally limited to only Stokes IV parameters. With more modern spectropolarimeters such as the recently installed...
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  • (optical phenomenon) statistical optics stereoscopy stimulated emission Stokes parameters sun dog sunlight sylvanshine synchrotron radiation telescope thermal...
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    polarisation is done using Jones calculus and is characterised by the Stokes parameters. Media that have different indexes of refraction for different polarisation...
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    (2010). "Magnetic Doppler imaging of α2 Canum Venaticorum in all four Stokes parameters". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 513: A13. arXiv:1002.0025. Bibcode:2010A&A...
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    (2021). Analysis of the uncertainties in the determination of the stokes parameters employing the proof of concept prototype of the spectropolarimeter...
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    Submillimeter Array (category Articles using Wikidata location map with locally defined parameters)
    of a single band simultaneously to improve sensitivity and measure Stokes parameters. Receivers are available to cover frequencies from 194 to 408 GHz...
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    standard Stokes parameters Q and U. In general, the polarization of monochromatic light is completely described via four Stokes parameters, which form...
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    name refers to the ability of the telescope to measure the Q and U Stokes parameters simultaneously. QUIET was located at an elevation of 5,080 metres...
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