Title
Determination of the electric cross-spectral density matrix of a random electromagnetic beam
Abbreviated Journal Title
Opt. Commun.
Keywords
SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; COHERENCE; POLARIZATION; Optics
Abstract
It has been shown in a recent publication that in order to calculate the changes which the degree of polarization, the degree of coherence and the spectrum of a random electromagnetic beam undergo as the beam propagates, it is necessary to know the 2 x 2 cross-spectral density matrix of the fluctuating electric field. In this paper, a procedure is described for measuring the four elements of this matrix, with the help of two polarizers and a rotator. The procedure makes use of the Young interference experiment and the recently derived spectral interference law for such beams. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Journal Title
Optics Communications
Volume
226
Issue/Number
1-6
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
57
Last Page
60
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0030-4018
Recommended Citation
"Determination of the electric cross-spectral density matrix of a random electromagnetic beam" (2003). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 2564.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/2564