Role of spatial coherence in polarization tomography

Details Role of spatial coherence in polarization tomography Role of spatial coherence in polarization tomography

2005-01-18

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0501089v1

Physics

Optics

3 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1364/OL.30.001599

We analyze an experimental setup in which a quasi-monochromatic spatially coherent beam of light is used to probe a paraxial optical scatterer. We discuss the effect of the spatial coherence of the probe beam on the Mueller matrix representing the scatterer. We show that according to the degree of spatial coherence of the beam, the \emph{same} scattering system can be represented by \emph{different} Mueller matrices. This result should serve as a warning for experimentalists.

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