Polarization coherence theorem

J. H. Eberly, X. F. Qian, A. N. Vamivakas

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Abstract

Visibility V and distinguishability D quantify wave-ray duality: V2+D2 ≤ 1. We join them to polarization P via the Polarization Coherence Theorem, a tight equality: P2=V2+D2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1113-1114
Number of pages2
JournalOptica
Volume4
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Sep 2017

Keywords

  • Coherence and statistical optics
  • Polarization

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