Jones’ matrices dichroism

Circular birefringence will induce a differential retardation in the phase of the orthogonal states of circularly polarized light. Circular dichroism, on the other hand, results in anisotropic attenuation of left- and right-circularly polarized light. The Jones matrix of circularly dichroic materials is normally written as ... 

If the birefringence and dichroism are coaxial, (0 = 0"), this material is described by equation (2.25) with the Jones matrix rotated by an angle 0. ... 

Xie X, Simon JD (1990) Picosecond circular-dichroism spectroscopy - a Jones matrix analysis. J Opt Soc Am B 7 1673-1684... 

Absorbing systems circular dichroism When linearly dichroic dye molecules are dissolved in a cholesteric liquid crystal the medium exhibits circular dichroism because of the helical arrangement of the solute molecules in the structure. The theory developed above can be extended to take into account the effect of absorption by treating the layers as both linearly birefringent and linearly dichroic. Assuming that the principal axes of linear birefringence and linear dichroism are the same, the Jones matrix of any layer with reference to its principal axes is... 

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