First- and second-order statistics of optical near fields

    Authors

    A. Apostol;A. Dogariu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    COHERENCE; Optics

    Abstract

    The statistical properties of the intensity in close proximity to highly scattering, randomly inhomogeneous media are investigated. Whereas the intensity probability density function obeys the same law irrespective of the distance z from the interface, the second-order intensity correlation length changes for distances smaller than the wavelength. Contrary to predictions of the conventional coherence theory, the corresponding field correlation length can be smaller than the wavelength of light. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    29

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    235

    Last Page

    237

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000188298400003

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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