The Polarization Lecture:

• Showing why polarization observations are important
• Defining polarization ellipse, etc.
• Defining Stokes parameters (including physical interpretation)
• Discussing 'real' vs. 'perfect' outputs from radio telescope (Jones matrix)
• Explaining the 4 x 4 complex matrix from cross-correlation (so-called Mueller matrix)
• Demonstrating special cases to aid understanding. (Circular basis and Linear basis).