Title

On the gain of a passive linear depolarizing system

Authors

Alexander Kostinski, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Clark Givens, Michigan Technological University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1992

Abstract

Transformation of a partially polarized light by a passive linear optical system must satisfy certain physical realizability constraints imposed on the elements of the Jones operator (matrix) characterizing the system. In this note we extend earlier work by Jones, Barakat, and Azzam and Bashara and derive a set of conditions on the elements of the Jones operator which depend explicitly on the input light degree of polarization. This is accomplished by a simple and novel approach based on the Cauchy-Schwartz—Bunyakowski inequality for coherency matrices.

Publisher's Statement

Copyright 1992 Taylor & Francis. Publisher’s version of record: https://doi.org/10.1080/09500349214552001

Publication Title

Journal of Modern Optics

Recommended Citation

Kostinski, A., & Givens, C. (1992). On the gain of a passive linear depolarizing system. Journal of Modern Optics, 39(9), 1947-1952. http://doi.org/10.1080/09500349214552001
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