Title :
Bell´s measure as a quantitative tool in classical optical coherence of electromagnetic fields
Author :
Kagalwala, Kumel H. ; Di Giuseppe, G. ; Abouraddy, A.F. ; Saleh, B.E.A.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an experimental measurement of Bell´s inequality for a classical optical beam with two binary degrees of freedom: polarization and spatial parity; and illustrate the usefulness of this measure as a quantitative tool in classical optical coherence theory.
Keywords :
Bell theorem; light coherence; light polarisation; Bell inequality measurement; binary degrees of freedom; electromagnetic fields; optical beam coherence; polarization parity; spatial parity; Coherence; Correlation; Nonlinear optics; Optical beams; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
