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Shannon entropy of partially polarized and partially coherent light with Gaussian fluctuations

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We propose to analyze Shannon entropy properties of partially coherent and partially polarized light with Gaussian probability distributions. It is shown that the Shannon entropy is a sum of simple functions of the intensity, of the degrees of polarization, and of the intrinsic degrees of coherence that have been recently introduced. This analysis clearly demonstrates the contribution of partial polarization and of partial coherence to the characterization of disorder of the light provided by the Shannon entropy, which is a standard measure of randomness. We illustrate these results on two simple examples.
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hal-00083957 , version 1 (04-07-2006)

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Philippe Réfrégier, Jérôme Morio. Shannon entropy of partially polarized and partially coherent light with Gaussian fluctuations. Journal of the Optical Society of America. A Optics, Image Science, and Vision, 2006, 23 (12), pp.3036-3044. ⟨hal-00083957⟩
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