Polarization distribution and degree of polarization for three-dimensional quantum light fields
| dc.contributor.author | Luis Aina, Alfredo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-20T10:57:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-20T10:57:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-06-22 | |
| dc.description | ©2005 The American Physical Society. I thank Professor J. J. Gil for valuable comments and suggestions. This work has been supported by Project No. FIS2004-01814 of the Spanish Dirección General de Investigación del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. | |
| dc.description.abstract | We introduce a probability distribution for polarization of three-dimensional quantum light fields as a marginal of the quadrature Q function for a three-mode field by removing the variables irrelevant for polarization (total intensity and global phased. The probability distribution turns out to be determined by projection on SU(3) coherent states. We introduce a degree of polarization as the distance between the polarization distribution and the uniform distribution associated with completely unpolarized light. We study the relation between two- and three-dimensional polarization by considering field states with a component in the vacuum state. We apply this formalism to some relevant field states. | |
| dc.description.department | Depto. de Óptica | |
| dc.description.faculty | Fac. de Ciencias Físicas | |
| dc.description.refereed | TRUE | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC), España | |
| dc.description.status | pub | |
| dc.eprint.id | https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/31376 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.063815 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1050-2947 | |
| dc.identifier.officialurl | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.71.063815 | |
| dc.identifier.relatedurl | http://journals.aps.org/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51501 | |
| dc.issue.number | 6 | |
| dc.journal.title | Physical review A | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.page.final | 063815_8 | |
| dc.page.initial | 063815_1 | |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society | |
| dc.relation.projectID | FIS2004-01814 | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
| dc.subject.cdu | 535 | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Electromagnetic-wave polarization | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Coherent states | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Phase-space | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Density-matrix | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Quasiprobability distributions | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Harmonic-oscillator | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Spin states | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Uncertainty | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Operators | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Localization | |
| dc.subject.ucm | Óptica (Física) | |
| dc.subject.unesco | 2209.19 Óptica Física | |
| dc.title | Polarization distribution and degree of polarization for three-dimensional quantum light fields | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dc.volume.number | 71 | |
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