Autor:	Klimov, A. B., Bjork, G., Soderholm, J., Madsen, L. S., Lassen, M., Andersen, U. L., Heersink, J., Dong, R., Marquardt, Ch., Leuchs, G., Sanchez-Soto, L. L.
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Quantum Physics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.153602
Popis:	We propose an operational degree of polarization in terms of the variance of the projected Stokes vector minimized over all the directions of the Poincar\'e sphere. We examine the properties of this degree and show that some problems associated with the standard definition are avoided. The new degree of polarization is experimentally determined using two examples: a bright squeezed state and a quadrature squeezed vacuum. Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures. Comments welcome.
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.3283 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv