Parametric characterization of the spatial structure of partially coherent and partially polarized beams

On the basis of the second-order intensity moments formalism, the relationship between the spatial structure and the overall polarization characteristics of partially polarized Gaussian Schell-model beams of a certain kind has been investigated. More specifically, attention has been focused on a typ...

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Autores: Piquero Sanz, Gemma María, Martínez Herrero, María Rosario, Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/50877
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50877
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:535
Optical-Systems
Matrix
Laws
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
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Sumario:On the basis of the second-order intensity moments formalism, the relationship between the spatial structure and the overall polarization characteristics of partially polarized Gaussian Schell-model beams of a certain kind has been investigated. More specifically, attention has been focused on a type of source that cannot be distinguished from ordinary Gaussian Schell-model fields when polarization measurements are disregarded. For this class of beams several general properties have been obtained that enable us to link the beam coherence polarization matrix and the beam quality parameter with certain polarization degrees recently introduced in the literature.