RT Journal Article
T1 Parametric characterization of non-uniformly polarized beams
A1 Piquero Sanz, Gemma María
A1 Movilla Serrano, Jesús María
A1 Martínez Herrero, María Rosario
A1 Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel
AB A new overall parameter is defined, namely, the generalized degree of polarization, which involves the spatial distribution of the polarization of a light beam. This parameter is introduced on the basis of a general treatment recently proposed [Optics Leb. 22 (1997) 206] to characterize partially polarized fields, which extends the Stokes-Mueller formalism to describe the intensity moments of a quasimonochromatic beam. The main properties and the physical meaning of this parameter with regard to the spatial inhomogeneities of the polarization state are analysed, and a general measurement procedure is proposed.
PB Elsevier Science BV
SN 0030-4018
YR 1998
FD 1998-04-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58846
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58846
LA eng
NO Piquero Sanz, G. M., Movilla Serrano, J. M., Martínez Herrero, M. R., Mejías Arias, P. M. «Parametric Characterization of Non-Uniformly Polarized Beams». Optics Communications, vol. 149, n.o 4-6, abril de 1998, pp. 230-34. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00018-2.
NO The research work leading to this paper has been supported by the Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología of Spain, under project TAP96-2333-E, within the framework of EU-1269 project. We also thank an anonymous referee for attaching a copy of the relevant pages of Ref. w15x, for the authors.
NO Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología of Spain
NO Unión Europea
DS Docta Complutense
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