Geometric interpretation and general classification of three-dimensional polarization states through the intrinsic stokes parameters

Gil J.J. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: In contrast with what happens for two-dimensional polarization states, defined as those whose electric field fluctuates in a fixed plane, which can readily be represented by means of the Poincaré sphere, the complete description of general three-dimensional polarization states involves nine measurable parameters, called the generalized Stokes parameters, so that the generalized Poincaré object takes the complicated form of an eight-dimensional quadric hypersurface. In this work, the geometric representation of general polarization states, described by means of a simple polarization object consti-tuted by the combination of an ellipsoid and a vector, is interpreted in terms of the intrinsic Stokes parameters, which allows for a complete and systematic classification of polarization states in terms of meaningful rotationally invariant descriptors.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/photonics8080315

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Photonics 8, 8 (2021), 315 [14 pp.]
ISSN: 2304-6732

Factor impacto JCR: 2.536 (2021)

Categ. JCR: OPTICS rank: 51 / 100 = 0.51 (2021) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 2.3 - Medicine (Q3) - Physics and Astronomy (Q3)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.558 - Instrumentation (Q2) - Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q2)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Física Aplicada (Dpto. Física Aplicada)