COHERENT SUPERPOSITION OF POLARIZED-LIGHT - A POINCARE SPHERE REPRESENTATION

Authors
KURZYNOWSKI P RATAJCZYK F WOZNIAK WA
Citation
P. Kurzynowski et al., COHERENT SUPERPOSITION OF POLARIZED-LIGHT - A POINCARE SPHERE REPRESENTATION, Optik, 109(1), 1998, pp. 22-26
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optik → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304026
Volume
109
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
22 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4026(1998)109:1<22:CSOP-A>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A graphical representation of coherent superposition of two waves on t he Poincare sphere was presented. It was shown that if the phase shift or relative amplitude between superposed waves is continuously change d the points representing resultant states of polarization form circle s or area on the Poincare: sphere. Simple analytical formulae describi ng these circles and by the same means finding the resultant states of polarization were derived.