Polarization coherence theorem

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

doi:10.1364/OPTICA.4.001113

Polarization coherence theorem

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

Department of Physics

University of Rochester

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	1113-1114
Number of pages	2
Journal	Optica
Volume	4
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.4.001113
State	Published - 20 Sep 2017

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Coherence and statistical optics
Polarization

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