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Ellipsoid of the polarization degree: a vectorial, pure operatorial Pauli algebraic approach |
JOSA B, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 596-601 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.28.000596
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Abstract
In the frame of a vectorial, pure operatorial (nonmatrix) Pauli algebraic approach to the action of the polarization devices on the polarized incident light, we obtain the analytic equation of the ellipsoid into which a deterministic device deforms any Poincaré sphere corresponding to incident light of a given degree of polarization. On the basis of this equation, some graphical representations of the ellipsoid of the output polarization states are given, offering a better characterization of the global action of deterministic devices.
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OCIS Codes
(230.0230) Optical devices : Optical devices
(260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
(260.2130) Physical optics : Ellipsometry and polarimetry
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: July 22, 2010
Revised Manuscript: November 8, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: December 13, 2010
Published: March 2, 2011
Citation
Tiberiu Tudor and Vladimir Manea, "Ellipsoid of the polarization degree: a vectorial, pure operatorial Pauli algebraic approach," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28, 596-601 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-28-4-596
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