arXiv:0906.2467quant-ph
Non-quantum entanglement resolves a fundamental issue in Polarization optics
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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.
From the paper: > 7. B. N. Simon, S. Simon, F. Gori, M. Santarsiero, R. Borghi, N. Mukunda, and R. Simon, Nonquantum Entanglement Resolves a Basic Issue in Polarization Optics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 023901 (2010). http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.023901…
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