%0 Journal Article
%A Piquero Sanz, Gemma María
%A Movilla Serrano, Jesús María
%A Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel
%A Martínez Herrero, María Rosario
%T On the measurement of the generalized degree of polarization
%D 2000
%@ 0306-8919
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58831
%X On the basis of well-known methods to obtain the standard Stokes parameters, two simple experimental procedures are analysed to measure the so-called generalized degree of polarization, P, defined elsewhere [Opt. Commun., 149 (1998) 230]. After discussing the accuracy of the methods, the generalized degree of polarization of a non-uniformly polarized beam emerging from an optically pumped birefringent Nd:YAG rod optically pumped is experimentally investigated in terms of the pumped power.
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