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matrix method that represents fully polarized light as a two-element complex vector and each optical element as a two-by-two matrix.

In optics, Jones calculus refers to matrix method that represents fully polarized light as a two-element complex vector and each optical element as a two-by-two matrix. This meaning comes from Jones (1941) in Journal of the Optical Society of America.[1]

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References

Jones, R. C. (1941). A New Calculus for the Treatment of Optical Systems. I. Description and Discussion of the Calculus. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 31(7), 488. https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.31.000488

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