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Question: Tracking polarization using Mueller matrices and the Poincare sphere

Question:Tracking polarization using Mueller matrices and the Poincare sphere

Syrup_Maker 30 Maple
unit_sphere
July 07 2020
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I work with polarization in optical fibers.  I want to (theoretically) scramble the polarization and cover the entire Poincare sphere with several thousand points using a sequence of two variable retarders.   So looking at the Mueller matrices in the attached image, as I vary the arguments of the sin & cosines, I’d like to see the polarization states traced out on the Poincare sphere.    Has this already been done in Maple, as in some kind of canned routine or add-on module?

Thanks!
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