Abstract
We consider the transformation properties of the density operator as well as its diagonal coherent-state representation when a plane monochromatic light is passed through a compensator followed by a rotator. Special cases of unpolarized and polarized light are considered and the general form of the density operator and its coherent-state representation is determined.
- Received 24 April 1974
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.10.2396
©1974 American Physical Society
