Multipolar hierarchy of efficient quantum polarization measures

P. de la Hoz, A. B. Klimov, G. Björk, Y.-H. Kim, C. Müller, Ch. Marquardt, G. Leuchs, and L. L. Sánchez-Soto

Phys. Rev. A 88, 063803 – Published 2 December 2013

Abstract

We advocate a simple multipole expansion of the polarization density matrix. The resulting multipoles appear as successive moments of the Stokes variables and can be obtained from feasible measurements. In terms of these multipoles we construct a whole hierarchy of measures that accurately assess higher-order polarization fluctuations.

Received 9 July 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.88.063803

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P. de la Hoz¹, A. B. Klimov², G. Björk³, Y.-H. Kim⁴, C. Müller^5,6, Ch. Marquardt^5,6, G. Leuchs^5,6, and L. L. Sánchez-Soto^1,5,6

¹Departamento de Óptica, Facultad de Física, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
²Departamento de Física, Universidad de Guadalajara, 44420 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
³Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Center, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
⁴Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 790-784, Korea
⁵Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts, Günther-Scharowsky-Straße 1, Bau 24, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
⁶Department für Physik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, Bau 2, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

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