Fast Algorithm for Physical Realizability Check of Experimental Mueller Matrices
Conference
Novikova, T, Ovchinnikov, A, Pogudin, G et al. (2025). Fast Algorithm for Physical Realizability Check of Experimental Mueller Matrices
. 10.1364/ECBO.2025.Tu4A.5
Novikova, T, Ovchinnikov, A, Pogudin, G et al. (2025). Fast Algorithm for Physical Realizability Check of Experimental Mueller Matrices
. 10.1364/ECBO.2025.Tu4A.5
Mueller matrix is physically realizable when the associated coherency matrix is positive semi-definite (PSF). We found that calculating coefficients of characteristic polynomial is the fasted algorithm for checking matrix PSF, compatible with video-rate data streaming.