Abstract
We develop a quantum field theory analysis of the polarization of light by a polarizer by analyzing the photon Green function with the appropriate boundary conditions. Inherent in the study is a time evolutionary study of the system. The photon Green function is obtained as a photon moves from an emitter to various detectors set up relative to the polarizer. Upon using a completeness relation of the polarization vectors of light, the amplitudes of the relevant processes are extracted in a fully field-theoretic treatment in terms of photons.
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Manoukian, E.B. Quantum field theory of polarization of light by a polarizer. Int J Theor Phys 35, 1735–1744 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02302267
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02302267