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Folded interferometer to measure coherence-polarization matrix

Opt Lett. 2024 Jan 15;49(2):326-329. doi: 10.1364/OL.509166.

ABSTRACT

We present and experimentally demonstrate a new, to the best of our knowledge, technique to quantitatively measure coherence-polarization (BCP) matrix with correlations of only two Stokes fluctuations. The BCP matrix is a square matrix with four elements that involves two-point correlations among orthogonal polarization components. A theoretical framework of the technique is developed, and its viability is demonstrated by a proof of principle experiment. Experimental tests and measurement of the elements of the BCP matrix of statistically stationary beams are demonstrated.

PMID:38194560 | DOI:10.1364/OL.509166

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