caa a22 4500 445371137 CHVBK 20180317142947.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00340-011-4607-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00340-011-4607-z Polarization ellipse and Stokes parameters of a stochastic electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beam propagating through a polarization grating [Elektronische Daten] [G. Wu, Y. Cai] An analytical propagation formula for the cross-spectral density matrix of a stochastic electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (EGSM) beam after propagating through a polarization grating is derived with the help of a tensor method. The statistics properties, particularly the degree of polarization, polarization ellipse and Stokes parameters, of the EGSM beam on propagation after passing through a polarization grating are studied numerically. Our results clearly show that the statistics properties of the EGSM beam on propagation are closely determined by the initial parameters of the EGSM beam and the parameter of the polarization grating. The polarization grating provides one way for modulating the polarization properties of an EGSM beam. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Wu G. School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, 215006, Suzhou, China aut Cai Y. School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, 215006, Suzhou, China aut Applied Physics B Springer-Verlag 105/4(2011-12-01), 893-907 0946-2171 105:4<893 2011 105 340 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4607-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4607-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu G. School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, 215006, Suzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cai Y. School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, 215006, Suzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Physics B Springer-Verlag 105/4(2011-12-01), 893-907 0946-2171 105:4<893 2011 105 340 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer