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Concept of purity in the theory of optical polarization |
Optics Letters, Vol. 38, Issue 6, pp. 866-868 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.000866
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Abstract
It was shown some time ago that the space-time and the space-frequency degrees of polarization of a stochastic electromagnetic beam are not equivalent to each other. It is not possible, in general, to obtain a formal relationship between them. In this Letter, we discuss certain conditions under which they are directly related. These conditions lead to the concept of polarization-purity. If an optical beam obeys these conditions, its space-frequency degree of polarization has the same value at all frequencies present in the spectrum, and the value is equal to the space-time degree of polarization.
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OCIS Codes
(030.0030) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherence and statistical optics
(260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: December 20, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: December 27, 2012
Published: March 12, 2013
Citation
Mayukh Lahiri, "Concept of purity in the theory of optical polarization," Opt. Lett. 38, 866-868 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-38-6-866
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