TY - CHAP AU - Piquero Sanz, Gemma María AU - Martínez Herrero, María Rosario AU - Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel PY - 2002 DO - 10.1117/12.472044 SN - 0-8194-4727-7 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60796 AB - The behaviour of the so-called generalized degree of polarization of partially-coherent partially-polarized beams upon free propagation is investigated. On the basis of this parameter a general classification scheme of partially polarized beams is... M2 - 637 PB - SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering KW - Parametric Characterization KW - Semiconductor-Laser KW - Optical-Systems KW - Matrix KW - Laws TI - General classification of partially-polarized partially-coherent beams TY - book part ER -