Statistics of the Stokes parameters
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Vol. 4 (7) , 1256-1263
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.4.001256
Abstract
The probability-density functions and lower-order moments of the four Stokes parameters are obtained as a function of the degree of polarization and the mean intensities of the two field components.Keywords
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