ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Diattenuation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Diattenuation is a noun meaning (physics) attenuation of light that depends upon its polarization.

Meaning

(physics) attenuation of light that depends upon its polarization.

Example Sentences

Singular Mueller matrices play an important role in polarization algebra and have peculiar properties that stem from the fact that either the medium exhibits maximum diattenuation and/or polarizance, or because its associated canonical depolarizer has the property of fully randomizing, the circular component (at least) of the states of polarization of light incident on it.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include attenuation, attenuance, polarization, polarizance, polarimetry, eigenpolarization.

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