Complex degree of mutual polarization

    Authors

    J. Ellis;A. Dogariu

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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

    Language

    English

    First Page

    536

    Last Page

    538

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000189316100002

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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