Degree of polarization of type-II unpolarized light
We address a quantitative determination of the degree of polarization of type-II unpolarized light via the computation of the distance between the polarization distribution and the uniform distribution associated with fully unpolarized light (i.e., type-I unpolarized light or natural light). We dete...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2007 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/51492 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51492 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 535 Kullback relative entropy Wigner function Optical waves Phase-space Gaussian fluctuations Quantum localization Nonclassical states Coherent states Uncertainty Fields Óptica (Física) 2209.19 Óptica Física |
| Sumario: | We address a quantitative determination of the degree of polarization of type-II unpolarized light via the computation of the distance between the polarization distribution and the uniform distribution associated with fully unpolarized light (i.e., type-I unpolarized light or natural light). We determine the maximum degree of polarization for type-II unpolarized light and the states reaching it. We show that the degree of polarization can be arbitrarily large, approaching complete polarization for increasing mean photon numbers. |
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