Polarization coherent states in quantum optics: quasi-probability functions and geometric phases
V. P. Karassiov, Vladimir Leonardovich Derbov, Sergue Il'ich Vinitsky · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1994
Polarization coherent states (PCS) are considered as generalized coherent states of SU(2)p group of the polarization invariance of the light fields. In terms of PCS the polarization quasi probability functions are defined, which determine the quasi classical description of the statistical polarization properties of quantum light fields. The geometric phases of PCS are introduced in a way analogous to that used in the classical polarization optics.