title: Comment on "Can a light beam be considered to be the sum of a completely polarized and a completely unpolarized beam?".
abstract: We show that the Stokes theorem is valid for a larger class of partially polarized beams than that given in Opt. Lett.33, 642 (2008).
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Mathematics, University of Joensu, Finland. jani.tervo@joensuu.fi
authors.forename: Jani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tervo
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turunen