Polarization states of light and their quantum tomography

Journal of Russian Laser Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 484-513

  Karassiov, V P ^a  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

P quasispin operators; Polarization coherent states; Polarization density operator; Polarization states of radiation; Polarization SU(2) invariance of light fields; Quantum tomography; Quasiclassical analysis; Quasiprobability functions; Stokes parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 28944455395     PISSN: 10712836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10946-005-0047-8     Document Type: Article

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