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Representations of the Polarization of Beamlike Fields.- Second-Order Overall Characterization of Non-uniformly Polarized Light Beams.- Polarization and Coherence of Random Electromagnetic Fields.- Non-Paraxial Electromagnetic Beams.

Polarization involves the vectorial nature of light fields. In current applications of optical science, the electromagnetic description of light with its vector features has been shown to be essential: In practice, optical radiation also exhibits randomness and spatial non-uniformity... Read Full Overview