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Degree of polarization of type-II unpolarized light

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Departamento de Optica, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid (Spain)
We address a quantitative determination of the degree of polarization of type-II unpolarized light via the computation of the distance between the polarization distribution and the uniform distribution associated with fully unpolarized light (i.e., type-I unpolarized light or natural light). We determine the maximum degree of polarization for type-II unpolarized light and the states reaching it. We show that the degree of polarization can be arbitrarily large, approaching complete polarization for increasing mean photon numbers.
OSTI ID:
20982582
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 75; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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