Simple quantum model for light depolarization
A. B. Klimov, José Luis Romero, Luis Lorenzo Sánchez-Soto · Journal of the Optical Society of America B · 2006
Depolarization of quantum fields is handled through a master equation of the Lindblad type. The specific feature of the model is that it couples the field modes to a randomly distributed atomic bath dispersively. The depolarizing dynamics emerging from this approach is analyzed for relevant states.