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Statistics of the Stokes parameters

Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 1987
The probability-density functions and lower-order moments of the four Stokes parameters are obtained as a function of the degree of polarization and the mean intensities of the two field components.
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Two-point Stokes parameters: interpretation and properties

Optics Letters, 2009
Whereas the classic Stokes parameters are measures of intensity, the recently introduced two-point Stokes parameters characterize spatial coherence. It is shown that in analogy to the Stokes parameters, the two-point parameters have a physical interpretation as sums and differences of (scalar) cross-spectral density functions of specific electric-field
Tervo, Jani, Setälä, Tero, Roueff, Antoine, Réfrégier, Philippe, Friberg, Ari   +4 more
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Measuring the Stokes Polarization Parameters

2017
The polarization properties of scattered light from turbid media such as biological tissues, human or animal muscle, and certain plastics have received considerable attention due to their potential for use in inspection or diagnostic detection applications. The polarized light state is represented by Stokes parameters and several methods.
Giau Huynh Phuoc, Thu Hien T. Pham
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Measurement of the Stokes parameters of light

Applied Optics, 1977
We describe a measuring system for determining the state of polarization of a beam of light in terms of its Stokes parameters. The technique which can be fully automated incorporates a monochromator and single photon counting detection and can thus be applied over a large wavelength range for very weak optical signals.
H G, Berry, G, Gabrielse, A E, Livingston   +2 more
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Generalized Stokes parameters of random electromagnetic beams

Optics Letters, 2005
A generalization of the Stokes parameters of a random electromagnetic beam is introduced. Unlike the usual Stokes parameters, which depend on one spatial variable, the generalized Stokes parameters, depend on two spatial variables. They obey precise laws of propagation, both in free space and in any linear medium, whether deterministic or random.
Korotkova, Olga, Wolf, Emil
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The Stokes Parameters Representation

2011
6.1 Introduction In Chapter 5, we examined the Jones vector representation of polarized light, which is quite simple and straightforward. This representation, however, can describe only polarized light. In this chapter, we discuss a more versatile representation of the polarization state of any light wave (completely polarized, unpolarized, or ...
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Lorentzian Comments on Stokes Parameters

2003
The popular Stokes statements about polarized light are interpreted in a Minkowskian language using a Lorentzian representation for the Stokes parameters and the degree of polarization. The evolution equations for Stokes parameters on a curved space-time are obtained using the parallel transport of the polarization vector along a null geodesic.
Juan Antonio Morales, Emilio Navarro
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Structure of matrices transforming Stokes parameters

Journal of Mathematical Physics, 1992
The structure of matrices that represent a linear transformation of the Stokes parameters of a beam of light into the Stokes parameters of another beam of light is investigated by means of the so-called Stokes criterion. This holds that the degree of polarization of a beam of light can never be changed into a number larger than unity.
J. W. HOVENIER, VAN DER MEE, CORNELIS VICTOR MARIA   +1 more
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Stokes Parameters for Quantum Systems

American Journal of Physics, 1970
The classical Stokes polarization parameters are extended to treat quantum systems. This is accomplished by using the semiclassical radiation theory and considering only radiation by the dipole mechanism. The identification of the Stokes parameters with the density matrix elements is noted. The Stokes parameters for a number of familiar quantum systems
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Imaging Stokes Parameters of Spinor BECs

The Rochester Conferences on Coherence and Quantum Optics and the Quantum Information and Measurement meeting, 2013
We present two methods to image the spin density and relative phases of states in spinor BECs. In a psuedo-spin-1/2 system, these measurements are analogous to the Stokes parameters used to describe polarization in optics.
Justin T. Schultz, Azure Hansen, Nicholas P. Bigelow   +2 more
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