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Fluctuation polarimetry |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 11, pp. 1961-1963 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.001961
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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.
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OCIS Codes
(030.6140) Coherence and statistical optics : Speckle
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(290.5855) Scattering : Scattering, polarization
ToC Category:
Coherence and Statistical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: February 24, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 2, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: April 11, 2012
Published: May 25, 2012
Citation
Thomas Kohlgraf-Owens and Aristide Dogariu, "Fluctuation polarimetry," Opt. Lett. 37, 1961-1963 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-11-1961
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