Fluctuation polarimetry

    Authors

    T. Kohlgraf-Owens;A. Dogariu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    POLARIZATION; Optics

    Abstract

    We examine the relationship between the strength of the intensity fluctuations and the polarimetric properties of a random electromagnetic field composed of a Gaussian, random field, and nonrandom field, and we present a method for determining the state of polarization of the Gaussian random field. The approach relies on incoherently mixing a Gaussian random field with a controllable reference field and measuring the intensity fluctuations of their superposition. We demonstrate that by controlling the reference field, the full polarimetric information about the Gaussian random field can be uniquely determined. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    37

    Issue/Number

    11

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1961

    Last Page

    1963

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000305085000061

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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