Optical Polarimetry of Random Fields
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The state of polarization of an optical field provides detailed information concerning both the radiation emission processes and the intricate interaction between light and matter. We report here a novel approach for characterizing the polarization properties of electromagnetic fields for which the electric field vector at a point may fluctuate in three dimensions. Using probes which couple all three components of the field, we were able to extract the polarized and unpolarized components of such fields. Our results constitute the proof of concept for what could be called three-dimensional optical polarimetry.
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The polarization matrix of any 3D field can straightforwardly be measured by using nanoprobe scatterers, enabling an experimental determination of the concepts presented.
“The polarization matrix of any 3D field can straightforwardly be measured by using nanoprobe scatterers [34,35] enabling an experimental determination of the concepts presented in this work.”
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- Authors
- Ellis, J., & Dogariu, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Central Florida (US)
- ORCID
- Dogariu, A.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 2005-11-10
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 203905-203905
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
- 1079-7114
- OpenAlex
- W2065540989
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 7
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- FWCI
- 2.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Physical Review Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Acoustics and Ultrasonics › Random lasers and scattering media
- Keywords
- optical polarimetry, random electromagnetic fields, polarization state, electric field fluctuations, light-matter interaction
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