Abstract
We show that there is no unique form of the cross-spectral density matrix of completely polarized light beams. We present three kinds of such matrices, each of which represents a beam that is completely polarized at every point. Some of the beams do not imitate monochromatic beams, in contrast to the usual assumption made in polarization optics.
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