Coherence-induced polarization changes in light beams

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1180-1182

  Salem, Mohamed ^a   Wolf, Emil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

COHERENCE PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC BEAMS; INDUCED POLARIZATION; LIGHT BEAM; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 45749119042     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.001180     Document Type: Article

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