Thursday, June 6, 2013

1306.0351 (L. L. Sanchez-Soto et al.)

Quantum versus classical polarization states: when multipoles count    [PDF]

L. L. Sanchez-Soto, A. B. Klimov, P. de la Hoz, G. Leuchs
We advocate for a simple multipole expansion of the polarization density matrix. The resulting multipoles are used to construct bona fide quasiprobability distributions that appear as a sum of successive moments of the Stokes variables; the first one corresponding to the classical picture on the Poincare sphere. We employ the particular case of the $Q$ function to formulate a whole hierarchy of measures that properly assess higher-order polarization correlations.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.0351

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