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Minimum number of modulated Stokes parameters in Young's interference experiment

Jani Tervo
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Antoine Roueff

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The contrast parameters associated with the generalized Stokes vector in a Young's interference experiment are analyzed. It is shown that there are two unitary transformations that can be applied to the electric fields so that a partially polarized light can be described with no more than two non-zero generalized Stokes parameters. Furthermore, general conditions are derived which indicate when totally unpolarized light can be described with only one non zero generalized Stokes parameter after unitary transformations.
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hal-00260713 , version 1 (04-03-2008)

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Jani Tervo, Philippe Réfrégier, Antoine Roueff. Minimum number of modulated Stokes parameters in Young's interference experiment. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 2008, 10 (5), pp.0550002. ⟨hal-00260713⟩
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