Title

Intensity fluctuations and the degree of cross-polarization in stochastic electromagnetic beams

Authors

Authors

S. N. Volkov; D. F. V. James; T. Shirai;E. Wolf

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Opt. A-Pure Appl. Opt.

Keywords

polarization; coherence; Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect; SPACE-FREQUENCY DOMAIN; STOKES PARAMETERS; COHERENT BEAMS; LIGHT; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTONS; STATE; Optics

Abstract

An expression is derived for the correlation between intensity fluctuations at pairs of points in a stochastic electromagnetic beam, obeying Gaussian statistics. The new formula, which is of particular interest for the theory of the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect, applies to beams of any state of coherence and state of polarization. It contains a new 'two-point' degree of polarization whose presence indicates that, in general, the knowledge of the degree of coherence and of the usual degree of polarization are not adequate for determining the correlation between intensity fluctuations.

Journal Title

Journal of Optics a-Pure and Applied Optics

Volume

10

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1464-4258/10/5/055001

Language

English

First Page

4

WOS Identifier

WOS:000256148900001

ISSN

1464-4258

Recommended Citation

"Intensity fluctuations and the degree of cross-polarization in stochastic electromagnetic beams" (2008). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 1096.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/1096