Title

Optical Polarimetry Of Random Fields

Abstract

The state of polarization of an optical field provides detailed information concerning both the radiation emission processes and the intricate interaction between light and matter. We report here a novel approach for characterizing the polarization properties of electromagnetic fields for which the electric field vector at a point may fluctuate in three dimensions. Using probes which couple all three components of the field, we were able to extract the polarized and unpolarized components of such fields. Our results constitute the proof of concept for what could be called three-dimensional optical polarimetry. © 2005 The American Physical Society.

Publication Date

11-11-2005

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

95

Issue

20

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.203905

Socpus ID

28844482168 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/28844482168

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