Abstract
It is known, that all four basic types of anisotropy, circular and linear birefringence and circular and linear dichroism, each taken separately, possess orthogonal eigenpolarizations. Generalized birefringence, i.e. the case of medium exhibiting linear and circular birefringencesimultaneously, is characterized by unitary matrix model and has orthogonal eigenpolarizations. At the same time, simultaneous presence of dichroism and birefringence in a medium may lead to nonorthogonal eigenpolarizations. However, to the best of our knowledge, so far there has been no systematic study of conditions under which such medium possesses orthogonal eigenpolarizations. Ascertainment of generalized conditions for orthogonality of medium's eigenpolarizations allows determining the structure and symmetry of matrix model
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