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A Photonic System for Generating Unconditional Polarization-Entangled Photons Based on Multiple Quantum Interference
Published on: September 5, 2019
Linear relations of partially polarized and coherent electromagnetic fields
Philippe Réfrégier1, Antoine Roueff
1Physics and Processing Group/Fresnel Institute UMR CNRS 6133, Ecole Generaliste d'Ingénieurs de Marseille, Domaine Universitaire de Saint-Jerome, Marseille, France.
Abstract:
We show that having a Wolf degree of coherence of unit modulus or having intrinsic degrees of coherence of unit modulus imply different relations between the electric fields of the light. The mean square meaning of such relations is discussed. On the one hand, we demonstrate that if the intrinsic degrees of coherence are equal to 1, then there is a linear relation between the electrical fields. On the other hand, we show that a Wolf degree of coherence of unit modulus corresponds to a stronger property that implies that the fields have to be proportional.
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