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>The number of least degrees of freedom required for a polarization controller to transform any state of polarization to any other output covering the entire Poincar sphere
The number of least degrees of freedom required for a polarization controller to transform any state of polarization to any other output covering the entire Poincar sphere
Using two typical types of polarization controller,this paper analyses theoretically and experimentally the fact that it is necessary to adjust at least three instead of two waveplates in order to transform any state of polarization to any other output covering the entire Poincar′e sphere. The experimental results are exactly in accordance with the theory discussed in this paper. It has corrected the conventional and inaccurate point of view that two waveplates of a polarization controller are adequate to complete the transformation of state of polarization.
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