Title

Complex degree of mutual polarization

Authors

Authors

J. Ellis;A. Dogariu

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Lett.

Keywords

COHERENCE; BEAMS; Optics

Abstract

Starting from the concepts of coherence and polarization, we generalize the conventional degree of polarization, introducing a two-point parameter, the complex degree of mutual polarization V, which is defined in terms of measurable quantities. We demonstrate the physical significance of this new quantity for the case of fully correlated, pure states of polarization at the two points, showing that the magnitude of V is a measure of the similarity between the states of polarization at two different points in space. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

Journal Title

Optics Letters

Volume

29

Issue/Number

6

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/ol.29.000536

Language

English

First Page

536

Last Page

538

WOS Identifier

WOS:000189316100002

ISSN

0146-9592

Recommended Citation

"Complex degree of mutual polarization" (2004). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 4335.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/4335