katsdpimager.polarization module

Routines for dealing with transformations between polarization bases

Enumeration of polarizations uses the CASA enumeration values, which are different from those used in FITS:

katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_I
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_Q
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_U
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_V
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_RR
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_RL
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_LR
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_LL
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_XX
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_XY
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_YX
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_YY
katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_COEFF = array([[ 0.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j],        [ 1.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j],        [ 0.+0.j,  1.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j],        [ 0.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  1.+0.j,  0.+0.j],        [ 0.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  1.+0.j],        [ 1.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  1.+0.j],        [ 0.+0.j,  1.+0.j,  0.+1.j,  0.+0.j],        [ 0.+0.j,  1.+0.j, -0.-1.j,  0.+0.j],        [ 1.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j, -1.+0.j],        [ 1.+0.j,  1.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j],        [ 0.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  1.+0.j,  0.+1.j],        [ 0.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  1.+0.j, -0.-1.j],        [ 1.+0.j, -1.+0.j,  0.+0.j,  0.+0.j]], dtype=complex64)

Coefficients for each polarization relative to IQUV

katsdpimager.polarization.STOKES_NAMES = [None, 'I', 'Q', 'U', 'V', 'RR', 'RL', 'LR', 'LL', 'XX', 'XY', 'YX', 'YY']

Names for polarizations used in display and command line

katsdpimager.polarization.parse_stokes(str_value)
katsdpimager.polarization.polarization_matrices(outputs, inputs)

Compute a pair of Mueller matrices for conversion via a circular (RL) frame.

Parameters

  • outputs (list) – Output polarizations

  • inputs (list) – Input polarizations

Returns

  • from_circular (matrix) – Mueller matrix from circular frame to output

  • to_circular (matrix) – Mueller matrix from inputs to circular frame

Raises

ValueError – If inputs are not a full polarization basis

katsdpimager.polarization.polarization_matrix(outputs, inputs)

Return a Mueller matrix that will map the input polarizations to the outputs.

The matrix is computed using linear algebra. Let s represent the Stokes parameters (IQUV). The inputs correspond to \(As\), for some matrix A, and similarly the outputs to \(Bs\). We are thus searching for the matrix X such that \(Bs=XAs\) or \(A^TX^T = B^T\).

If redundant inputs are given, then the solution is not uniquely determined.

This function is general, and does not require 4 inputs and outputs, or even the same number of inputs and outputs.

Raises

ValueError – if the inputs do not contain the necessary elements to compute the outputs.

katsdpimager.polarization.unparse_stokes(params)