Alphabeta MathClassical coherence matrices and measurement scope
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- Absolute and Conditional Convergence; Rearrangement; Products
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2 · Logical flowchart
3 · Items
Definition
Classical two-component coherency matrix
Physics theorem
Stokes cone and deterministic Jones transformations
Physics theorem
Visibility bound in a specified two-beam model
Sources
- José J. Gil, Polarimetric Characterization of Light and Media, §2.1–2.6, author-revised 2020 version of Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 40 (2007)
- José J. Gil, Polarimetric Characterization of Light and Media, §2.1–2.3, author-revised 2020 version of Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 40 (2007)
- Optics Lectures, University of Oxford, 2012, sections on coherence and interferometers
- A. Hemmerich, Lectures on Classical Optics, Part III (2023)