Degree of polarization and quantum-mechanical purity
The purity parameter is used in quantum mechanics to discriminate pure states from mixed states. We employ this concept to define a degree of polarization for general, three-dimensional, classical random electric fields. Our approach leads to a result that is identical with a recent definition obtai...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications |
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| Online Access: | https://jeos.edpsciences.org/articles/jeos/pdf/2008/01/jeos20080308014.pdf |