Abstract
The way to generalize scalar to wave optics, thus including polarization in the treatment consistent with the Maxwell equations was shown by Mukunda, Simon and Sudarshan for paraxial systems, based on a group theoretical analysis. Here, the Mukunda–Simon–Sudarshan (MSS) theory for the passage from scalar to vector optics is derived by casting the basic formalism in a framework very similar to the Dirac electron theory. The resulting formalism is suitable for extending the MSS-theory beyond the paraxial approximation.
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