Propagation of partially polarized light
Svirko, Yu P. and Zheludev, N.I. (1994) Propagation of partially polarized light. Physical Review A, 50, (1), 709-803.
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We present a general formalism describing the evolution of partially polarized light propagating in a medium with cubic nonlinearity. Within the ergodic approximation we found that totally polarized coherent single-mode light remains totally polarized, irrespective of the type of optical medium. Partially polarized light consisting of a mixture of a coherent component with a random one preserves its degree of polarization in a dissipation-free medium with isotropic nonlinearity, while only linear or nonlinear dissipation may lead to alteration of the degree of polarization. We also found that in some crystal symmetry point groups, a time-nonreversible optical response may be the only reason for an alteration of the degree of polarization.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1050-2947 (print) 1094-1622 (electronic) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > Optoelectronics Research Centre |
| Item ID: | 78219 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 05:54 |
| Contributors: | Svirko, Yu P. (Author) Zheludev, N.I. (Author) |
| Date: | 1994 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78219 |
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