Piquero Sanz, Gemma MaríaMejías Arias, Pedro MiguelMartínez Herrero, Rosario2023-06-202023-06-202006-09-01[1] M. Born, E. Wolf, Principles of Optics, seventh ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999. [2] T. Endogen, D.G. Hall, J. Appl. Phys. 68 (1990) 1435. [3] S.C. Tidwell, D.H. Ford, W.D. Kimura, Appl. Opt. 29 (1990) 2234. [4] T. Endogen, O. King, G.W. Wicks, D.G. Hall, E. Anderson, M.J. Rooks, Appl. Phys. Lett. 60 (1992) 1921. [5] S.C. Tidwell, G.H. Kim, W.D. Kimura, Appl. Opt. 32 (1993) 5222. [6] Q. Lü , S. Dong, H. Weber, Opt. Quantum Electron. 27 (1995) 777. [7] P.L. Greene, D.G. Hall, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 13 (1996) 962. [8] R. Martínez-Herrero, P.M. Mejías, J.M.Movilla, Opt. Lett. 22 (1997) 206. [9] F. Gori, Opt. Lett. 23 (1998) 241. [10] J.M. Movilla, G. Piquero, P.M. Mejías, R. Martínez-Herrero, Opt. Commun. 149 (1998) 230. [11] G. Piquero, J.M. Movilla, P.M. Mejías, R. Martínez-Herrero, Opt. Quantum Electron. 31 (1999) 223. [12] I. Freund, Opt. Commun. 199 (2001) 47. [13] P.M. Mejías, R. Martínez-Herrero, G. Piquero, J.M. Movilla, Prog. Quantum Electron. 26 (2002) 65. [14] D. Provenziani, A. Ciattoni, G. Cincotti, C. Palma, F. Ravaccia, C. Sapia, Opt. Express 10 (2002) 699. [15] R. Dorn, S. Quabis, G. Lenchs, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (2003) 233901. [16] G. Piquero, J. Vargas-Balbuena, Eur. J. Phys. 25 (2004) 793. [17] G. Volpe, D. Petrov, Opt. Commun. 237 (2004) 89. [18] T.D. Visser, J.T. Foley, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 22 (2005) 2527. [19] Y. Zhang, L. Wang, C. Zheng, J. Opt. Soc. Am A 22 (2005) 2542. [20] T. Moser, H. Glur, V. Romano, F. Pigeon, O. Parriaux, M.A. Ahmed, T. Graf, Appl. Phys. B 80 (2005) 707. [21] S. Quabis, R. Dorn, G. Leuchs, Appl. Phys. B 81 (2005) 597.0030-401810.1016/j.optcom.2006.02.051https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50874© 2006 Elsevier B.V. This work has been supported by the Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia of Spain, Project FIS2004-1900, and by the Universidad Complutense-Comunidad de Madrid, within the framework of the Research Groups Program 2005–06.Several overall parameters are introduced to characterize the linear or circular polarization content of a non-uniformly totally polarized beam over the region of its wavefront where the irradiance is significant. These figures of merit are determined from the values of the Stokes parameters. The physical meaning of the proposed parameters is tested by computing some numerical examples, and their measurability is checked by considering non-uniformly totally polarized fields generated after propagation through uniaxial anisotropic materials.engjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2006.02.051open access535Gaussian BeamsGenerationQualityModeÓptica (Física)2209.19 Óptica Física