RT Journal Article
T1 Polarization distribution and degree of polarization for three-dimensional quantum light fields
A1 Luis Aina, Alfredo
AB 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.
PB American Physical Society
SN 1050-2947
YR 2005
FD 2005-06-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51501
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51501
LA eng
NO ©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.
NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC), España
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 abr 2025