Irreversible effects of random unitary transformations on coherence properties of partially polarized electromagnetic fields.

J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis

Institut Fresnel, Aix-Marseille Universite, Ecole Centrale Marseille, Domaine Universitaire de Saint Jerome, Marseille, France.

Published: November 2008

We demonstrate monotonic, irreversible effects on the entropy, the degree of polarization, and different degrees of coherence when random, energy-preserving unitary transformations are applied to vectorial electromagnetic fields.

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