Nonquantum Entanglement Resolves a Basic Issue in Polarization Optics

Simon, BN and Simon, S and Gori, F and Santarsiero, M and Borghi, R and Mukunda, N and Simon, R (2010) Nonquantum Entanglement Resolves a Basic Issue in Polarization Optics. In: Physical Review Letters, 104 (2).

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Abstract

The issue raised in this Letter is classical, not only in the sense of being nonquantum, but also in the sense of being quite ancient: which subset of 4 X 4 real matrices should be accepted as physical Mueller matrices in polarization optics? Nonquantum entanglement or inseparability between the polarization and spatial degrees of freedom of an electromagnetic beam whose polarization is not homogeneous is shown to provide the physical basis to resolve this issue in a definitive manner.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review Letters
Publisher:	The American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The American Physical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Centre for High Energy Physics
Date Deposited:	24 Feb 2010 07:32
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:55
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/25825

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