Shannon entropy of partially polarized and partially coherent light with Gaussian fluctuations

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3036-3044

  Réfrégier, Philippe ^a   Morio, Jérôme ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

GAUSSIAN PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; SHANNON ENTROPY;

OPTICS;

EID: 33845910169     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.003036     Document Type: Article

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