Title

Effects of linear non-image-forming devices on spectra and on coherence and polarization properties of stochastic electromagnetic beams: part I: general theory

Authors

Authors

O. Korotkova;E. Wolf

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Mod. Opt.

Keywords

OPTICAL-SYSTEMS; CALCULUS; PROPAGATION; Optics

Abstract

The classic theoretical techniques of polarization optics are the Jones calculus and the Stokes-Mueller calculus. Both deal with transmission of certain 'one-point' quantities, which are associated with a light beam. Recently 'two-point' quantities were introduced, which are the elements of a 2 x 2 cross-spectral density matrix that characterizes the correlations at two points in a beam or which are expressible in terms of them. Unlike the quantities with which the Jones and the Stokes calculus deal, these generalized quantities contain information not only about the polarization properties of the beam but also about its coherence properties. In this paper we present a generalization of the Jones calculus and of the Stokes-Mueller calculus for transformations of the new two-point quantities by linear non-image-forming devices. They may act on the beam in a deterministic or in a random manner.

Journal Title

Journal of Modern Optics

Volume

52

Issue/Number

18

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

2659

Last Page

2671

WOS Identifier

WOS:000234126700004

ISSN

0950-0340

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