Polarization invariance in beam propagation
Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 23, pp. 3400-3401 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.003400
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Abstract
It has been known for some time that the degree of polarization of a light beam may change on propagation, even in free space. In this Letter we derive sufficiency conditions for the degree of polarization of a beam generated by a uniformly polarized stochastic, electromagnetic source of a wide class to be the same throughout the far zone and in the source plane.
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OCIS Codes
(260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: September 10, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: October 1, 2007
Published: November 20, 2007
Citation
Emil Wolf, "Polarization invariance in beam propagation," Opt. Lett. 32, 3400-3401 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-23-3400
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