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Polarization Measurements - A Numerical Approach

Optics 2007-05-23 v2 Computational Physics Physics Education
Authors: Aleksandar Gjurchinovski
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Abstract

We developed a specific numerical fitting procedure, based on the least squares method, to calculate the parameters of the polarization ellipse by only using a single polarizer and a detection device for measuring the outgoing intensities.

Keywords

x-ray polarimetry polarization optics polarization

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@article{arxiv.physics/0401105,
  title  = {Polarization Measurements - A Numerical Approach},
  author = {Aleksandar Gjurchinovski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0401105},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, 4 figures, PDF from MsWord. Corrected version. Previous version published in Physica Macedonica

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