TY - BOOK ID - 7839351 TI - Characterization of partially polarized light fields AU - Martínez-Herrero, Rosario AU - Mejías, Pedro M. AU - Piquero, Gemma PY - 2009 SN - 3642013260 9786612292842 1282292846 3642013279 PB - Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Electrical engineering. KW - Light --Transmission. KW - Polarization (Light). KW - Polarization (Light) KW - Light KW - Applied Physics KW - Light & Optics KW - Physics KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Physical Sciences & Mathematics KW - Transmission KW - Laser physics. KW - Physics. KW - Quantum optics. KW - Natural philosophy KW - Philosophy, Natural KW - Lasers. KW - Photonics. KW - Laser Technology, Photonics. KW - Quantum Optics. KW - Optics KW - Photons KW - Quantum theory KW - Physical sciences KW - Dynamics KW - Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. KW - Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation KW - Masers, Optical KW - Optical masers KW - Light amplifiers KW - Light sources KW - Optoelectronic devices KW - Nonlinear optics KW - Optical parametric oscillators KW - New optics KW - Transmission. KW - Optical transmission factor KW - Transmission (Optics) KW - Transmission factor (Optics) KW - Transparency KW - Rotation of the plane of polarization KW - Electromagnetic waves KW - Wave-motion, Theory of KW - Optical rotation KW - Stereochemistry KW - Polarization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7839351 AB - Polarization involves the vectorial nature of light fields. In current applications of optical science, the electromagnetic description of light with its vector features has been shown to be essential: In practice, optical radiation also exhibits randomness and spatial non-uniformity of the polarization state. Moreover, propagation through photonic devices can alter the correlation properties of the light field, resulting in changes in polarization. All these vectorial properties have been gaining importance in recent years, and they are attracting increasing attention in the literature. This is the framework and the scope of the present book, which includes the authors’ own contributions to these issues. ER -