Title

Polarization Of A Spatially Fully Coherent Electromagnetic Beam

Abstract

Using a recently developed unified theory of coherence and polarization [E. Wolf, Phys. Lett., A312, 263–267 (2003)] it is shown that a spatially completely coherent random electromagnetic beam can have a degree of polarization P which may take on any value (0 ≤ P ≤ 1) at points in the beam. In particular the beam can be fully polarized at one point and completely unpolarized or partially polarized at another point. This result also holds for electromagnetic beams which are not completely spatially coherent. © 2004 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Title

Journal of Modern Optics

Volume

51

Issue

5

Number of Pages

757-759

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/09500340408235550

Socpus ID

1942505304 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/1942505304

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