Effective state of polarization of photon-beam

Authors

  • Łukasz Michalik
  • Andrzej Domański

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v3i1.195

Abstract

In the paper a quantum description of an effective state of polarization for an electromagnetic field containing variously polarized photons is presented. The discussion of the problem includes the quantum character of a single photon, comparison with a classical field, matrix description of photon polarization and physical interpretation of the Pauli representation of a density operator that represents photons in a statistical ensemble.

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Published

2011-03-31

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[1]
Łukasz Michalik and A. Domański, “Effective state of polarization of photon-beam”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. pp. 41–43, Mar. 2011.

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2011)

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