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Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 1202 - 1203 (1998)

Polarization of Dipole Radiation in Quantum Domain
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Alexander S. Shumovsky and Özgür E. Müstecaplıoğlu
Physics Department, Bilkent University, Bilkent, 06533 Ankara, Turkey

Received 2 October 1997

For a dipole radiation, the set of generalized Stokes parameters and corresponding Stokes operators are discussed. A qualitatively new behavior of quantum fluctuations of the Stokes parameters is predicted. The possibility to check this behavior in the eight-port operational measurement is shown.


©1998 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v80/p1202
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.1202
PACS: 42.50.Dv, 42.25.Ja, 42.50.Lc

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