Discriminating States of Polarization

Equiprobable incoherent mixtures of two totally polarized states light whose associated three-dimensional Jones vectors are mutually orthogonal called discriminating and constitute a peculiar type state that plays key role in the characteristic decomposition generic into state, unpolarized state. In general, three-dimensional, sense strengths three components electric field nonzero for any Cartesian reference frame considered. limiting case evolves fixed plane, is said to be regular corresponds two-dimensional The special features cover, e.g., their possible synthesis from infinite pairs as well transverse spin. nature properties comprehensively analyzed based on intrinsic Stokes parameters, which leads meaningful interpretations terms polarization ellipsoids spin vectors.