Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1540092 Optics Communications 2009 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

A definition of the degree of cross-polarization in the space–time domain is introduced which is based on considerations of the correlations of intensity fluctuations of an electromagnetic beam at two points. Some general properties of this quantity are discussed. For the special cases of fully coherent and fully polarized light it is shown that the degree of cross-polarization exhibits a relationship between the states of polarization at the two points.

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