Open AccessThe influence of the degree of cross-polarization on the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect
Author(s) -
Asma Al-Qasimi,
Mayukh Lahiri,
David Kuebel,
Daniel F. V. James,
Emil Wolf
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.017124
Subject(s) - degree of polarization , physics , optics , degree of coherence , polarization (electrochemistry) , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , detector , degree (music) , beam (structure) , quantum mechanics , scattering , chemistry , acoustics
We show, by an example, that the knowledge of the degree of coherence and of the degree of polarization of a light beam incident on two photo detectors is not adequate to predict correlations in the fluctuations of the currents generated in the detectors (the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect). The knowledge of the so-called degree of cross-polarization, introduced not long ago, is also needed.