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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Unpolarized light (section Stokes parameters)
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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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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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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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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Rayleigh sky model (section Q and U Stokes parameters)
right represents the u input mapped onto the celestial sphere. The u stokes parameter changes signs depending on which quadrant it is in. The four quadrants...
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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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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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(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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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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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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use of high-resolution time-series spectropolarimetric observations (Stokes parameter spectra). It has however been shown, from both numerical simulations...
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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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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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Ursell number (redirect from Ursell parameter)
dimensionless parameter is named after Fritz Ursell, who discussed its significance in 1953. The Ursell number is derived from the Stokes wave expansion...
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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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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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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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Keulegan–Carpenter number (redirect from Keulegan–Carpenter parameter)
Carpenter. A closely related parameter, also often used for sediment transport under water waves, is the displacement parameter δ: δ = A L , {\displaystyle...
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Einstein relation (kinetic theory) (redirect from Stokes-Einstein Relation)
D = μ q k B T q {\displaystyle D={\frac {\mu _{q}\,k_{\text{B}}T}{q}}} Stokes–Einstein–Sutherland equation, for diffusion of spherical particles through...
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Hypersonic speed (section Similarity parameters)
hypersonic similarity parameter: K = M ∞ θ {\displaystyle K=M_{\infty }\theta } is considered to be an important governing parameter. The slenderness ratio...
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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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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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Maps of linearly-polarized Stokes parameters Q and U, as well as circularly-polarized Stokes parameter V from the CLASS 40 GHz survey. The plane of the...
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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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(optical phenomenon) statistical optics stereoscopy stimulated emission Stokes parameters sun dog sunlight sylvanshine synchrotron radiation telescope thermal...
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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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639-2 code) QUIET – (p) Q and U Imaging ExperimenT (Q and U are the Stokes parameters of the CMBR polarization) qv – (i) quod vide (Latin "which see") QVC...
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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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geometry the generalized Stokes theorem (sometimes with apostrophe as Stokes' theorem or Stokes's theorem), also called the Stokes–Cartan theorem, is a statement...
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