Invariant degrees of coherence of partially polarized light

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6051-6060

  Réfrégier, Philippe ^a   Goudail, François ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COHERENT LIGHT;

INVARIANT DEGREES; PARTIAL POLARIZATION; PARTIALLY POLARIZED LIGHT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL PROPERTIES;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 24044437169     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006051     Document Type: Article

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