Non-quantum entanglement resolves a fundamental issue in Polarization optics
Quantum Physics
2009-06-16 v1
Abstract
The issue raised in this paper is classical in the sense of being ancient: which subset of 4X4 matrices should be accepted as physical Mueller matrices in polarization optics? Non-quantum entanglement between the polarization and spatial degrees of freedom of an electromagnetic beam is shown to provide the physical basis to resolve this issue in a definitive manner.
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@article{arxiv.0906.2467,
title = {Non-quantum entanglement resolves a fundamental issue in Polarization optics},
author = {B. Neethi Simon and Sudhavathani Simon and F. Gori and Massimo Santarsiero and Riccardo Borghi and N. Mukunda and R. Simon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.2467},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, no figures