Jones 4-Spinor Formalism and Partially Polarized Light

Explore the advanced theory of light polarization in this 17-minute conference talk from the HyperComplex Seminar. Delve into the correlation between completely and partially polarized light and the isotropic and time-like vectors of the Lorentz group. Discover a novel 4-spinor Jones-like formalism for handling partially polarized light, expanding upon the traditional 2-dimensional Jones approach for completely polarized light. Examine the introduction of a Stokes antisymmetric tensor and its relationships with the Stokes 4-vector and 4-spinor. Gain insights into the application of Lorentz group theory in solving light polarization problems using both the vector approach by Stokes and Mueller and the spinor Jones formalism. Presented by Alexander Chichurin, Alina Ivashkevich, Elena Ovsiyuk, and Victor Red'kov, this talk offers a comprehensive exploration of advanced concepts in light polarization theory and their mathematical representations.

A. Chichurin, Jones 4-Spinor formalism and Partially Polarized Light