Cross-spectral density matrices of polarized light beams

Opt Lett. 2009 Mar 1;34(5):557-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.34.000557.

Abstract

We show that there is no unique form of the cross-spectral density matrix of completely polarized light beams. We present three kinds of such matrices, each of which represents a beam that is completely polarized at every point. Some of the beams do not imitate monochromatic beams, in contrast to the usual assumption made in polarization optics.