Degree of Polarization of Radiation of Laser-Pumped Dye Lasers with an Isotropic Resonator

摘要

A theoretical analysis of the relation between the degree of polarization of radiation of dye lasers with an isotropic resonator and the polarization of quasi-monochromatic pump radiation is carried out. The most general case of arbitrarily completely polarized and completely depolarized exciting radiation with various polarization microstructure is considered for the first time. The polarization analysis of laser radiation is shown to be a rather sensitive method of studying the vector-statistical properties of light, which show themselves in correlation functions of the order of n (n 4). Theoretical results are compared with experimental data.