Depolarizing power and polarization entropy of light scattering media: experiment and theory
| dc.creator | Puentes, Graciana | |
| dc.creator | Voigt, Dirk | |
| dc.creator | Aiello, Andrea | |
| dc.creator | Woerdman, J. P. | |
| dc.date | 2004-12-16 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T05:53:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T05:53:42Z | |
| dc.description | We experimentally investigate the depolarizing power and the polarization entropy of a broad class of scattering optical media. By means of polarization tomography, these quantities are derived from an effective Mueller matrix, which is introduced through a formal description of the multi-mode detection scheme we use, as recently proposed by Aiello and Woerdman (arXiv:quant-ph/0407234). This proposal emphasized an intriguing universality in the polarization aspects of classical as well as quantum light scattering; in this contribution we demonstrate experimentally that this universality is obeyed by a surprisingly wide class of depolarizing media. This, in turn, provides the experimentalist with a useful characterization of the polarization properties of any scattering media, as well as a universal criterion for the validity of the measured data. | |
| dc.description | 16 pages, 3 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0412096 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0412096 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/86738 | |
| dc.subject | Optics | |
| dc.title | Depolarizing power and polarization entropy of light scattering media: experiment and theory | |
| dc.type | text |