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??(m+1/2)?) ? ??????? ???????????? s inc o s~iBAeEEEioyoxoa b Eox Eoy x y 22c o s22t a noyoxEEEE oyox????? 15 Polarization and lissajous figures ? ? ? 16 Optical elements: Linear polarizer ? Selectively removes all or most of the Evibrations except in a given direction TA x y Linear polarizer 17 Jones matrix for a linear polarizer ???????????????????1010dcba???????1000MConsider a linear polarizer with transmission axis along the vertical (y). Let a 2X2 matrix represent the polarizer operating on vertically polarized light. The transmitted light must also be vertically polarized. Thus, Thus, Linear polarizer with TA vertical. ???????????????????0001dcbaOperating on horizontally polarized light, 18 Jones matrix for a linear polarizer ? For a linear polarizer with a transmission axis at ? ?????????????22s i nc o ss i nc o ss i nc o sM19 Optical elements: Phase retarder ? Introduces a phase difference (Δ?) between orthogonal ponents ? The fast axis(FA) and slow axis (SA) are shown FA x y Retardation plate SA 20 Jones matrix of a phase retarder ? We wish to find a matrix which will transform the elements as follows: ? It is easy to show by inspection that, ? Here ?x and ?y represent the advance in p