TY - JOUR AU - Luis Aina, Alfredo PY - 2002 DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.013806 SN - 1050-2947 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59673 T2 - Physical review A AB - Quantum optics entails polarization properties that cannot be fully described by the classical Stokes parameters. In this work, we characterize the polarization of classical as well as quantum fields by means of a probability distribution on the... LA - eng M2 - 013806_1 PB - American Physical Society KW - Discrete wigner function KW - Quasi-probability distributions KW - Phase uncertainty relations KW - Lossless beam splitter KW - Density-matrix KW - Homodyne tomography KW - Atomic states KW - Operational approach KW - Photon statistics KW - Unpolarized light TI - Degree of polarization in quantum optics TY - journal article VL - 66 ER -