Abstract
The basic polarization properties of media are their dichroism and birefringence. In this work we report the possible consequences of the coupling effects between dichroism and birefringence of anisotropic media. Our analysis is based on a solution of the differential equation of the Stokes four-dimensional vector. It is shown that there exist three types of coupling effects between the components of the dichroism vector and birefringence vector of the medium. The conditions under which the polarization properties of a continuous medium can be calculated are identified. These results are helpful for any study involved an interpretation of the measured Mueller matrix of continuous anisotropic medium.
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