Timeline for How are the two independent states of polarization of photon related to the two helicity states?
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| Jun 12, 2019 at 19:52 | comment | added | Sean E. Lake | The polarization of a wave is set by a linear combination of the $\mathbf{\epsilon}_r$, right? The index $r$ lives in helicity space, and the vector components of each $\mathbf{\epsilon}$ live in physical/polarization space. In other words, you assume this to be the case when you use $\mathbf{\epsilon}_r$. @SRS | |
| Jun 12, 2019 at 19:17 | comment | added | SRS | "It can be shown that there is a unique one to one mapping between the choice of spin basis and the polarization state basis. " Can you show this or suggest a reference? @SeanE.Lake | |
| Dec 29, 2017 at 13:35 | history | undeleted | Sean E. Lake | ||
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| Dec 29, 2017 at 7:07 | history | answered | Sean E. Lake | CC BY-SA 3.0 |