%0 Journal Article %A Rivas, Ángel %A Luis Aina, Alfredo %T Practical schemes for the measurement of angular-momentum covariance matrices in quantum optics %D 2008 %@ 1050-2947 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51465 %X We develop practical schemes for the measurement of the covariance matrix for intrinsic angular-momentum variables in quantum optics. We particularize this approach to two-beam polarimetry and interferometry, as well as to ensembles of two-level atoms interacting with classical fields. We show the practical advantages of noisy simultaneous measurements. %~