Geometric interpretation of the three-dimensional coherence matrix for nonparaxial polarization

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Dennis, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density matrix; Irreducible tensor operator; Nonparaxial; Polarization; Rotational invariance

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MATRIX; IRREDUCIBLE TENSOR OPERATORS; NONPARAXIAL; ROTATIONAL INVARIANCE;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HERMETIC DEVICES; INVARIANCE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; QUANTUM THEORY; TENSORS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 1642634042     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/3/005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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