Evolution of the polarization of electromagnetic waves in weakly anisotropic inhomogeneous media — a comparison of quasi-isotropic approximations of the geometrical optics method and the Stokes vector formalism

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• 41.20.jb
• 42.25.ja
• 52.70.-m
• 52.70.ds
• 52.70.gw
• 52.70.kz
• quasi-isotropic approximation
• polarization
• anisotropy
• weakly anisotropic inhomogeneous media
• stokes vector