Complex degree of mutual polarization, generalized Malus law, and optics of observable quantities

Peter V. Polyanskii

doi:10.1117/12.679900

14 June 2006 Complex degree of mutual polarization, generalized Malus law, and optics of observable quantities

Peter V. Polyanskii

Proceedings Volume 6254, Seventh International Conference on Correlation Optics; 625405 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679900
Event: Seventh International Conference on Correlation Optics, 2005, Chernivsti, Ukraine

Abstract

Coherent and completely polarized optical radiation, being stationary multiply scattered, becomes globally non-polarized. Nevertheless, the degree of polarization equals unity at any point of the scattered field, which is characterized by nonuniform spatial distribution of the polarization azimuth and ellipticity, so that the state of polarization changes from point to point. In this paper we discuss some approaches to describe such "pseudodepolarized" optical fields and introduce convenient measures of the distance between the states of polarization in two points of such fields connected with the observable quantities.

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Peter V. Polyanskii "Complex degree of mutual polarization, generalized Malus law, and optics of observable quantities", Proc. SPIE 6254, Seventh International Conference on Correlation Optics, 625405 (14 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.679900

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