What is the difference between the local and global polarization of light?
Do they arise just in spatially variant polarized electromagnetic beams?
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Yes, the local polarization of a beam is only meaningful when the polarization of a cross section of the beam varies spatially. In most beams, this is not the case. (That is, the local polarization everywhere is equal to the global polarization.)
