We present an algorithm that decomposes a Mueller matrix into a sequence of three matrix factors: a diattenuator, followed by a retarder, then followed by a depolarizer. Those factors are unique except for singular Mueller matrices. Based on this decomposition, the diattenuation and the retardance of a Mueller matrix can be defined and computed. Thus this algorithm is useful for performing data reduction upon experimentally determined Mueller matrices.
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Lu, S.-Y., & Chipman, R. A. (1996). Interpretation of Mueller matrices based on polar decomposition. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 13(5), 1106. https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.13.001106
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