Beam conditions for radiation generated by an electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model source

    Authors

    O. Korotkova; M. Salem;E. Wolf

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    POLARIZATION; COHERENCE; Optics

    Abstract

    It was shown recently that the basic properties of a fluctuating electromagnetic beam can be derived from knowledge of a 2 x 2 cross-spectral density matrix of the electric field in the source plane. However, not every such matrix represents a source that will generate a beamlike field. We derive conditions that the matrix must satisfy for the source to generate an electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beam. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    29

    Issue/Number

    11

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1173

    Last Page

    1175

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000221482100001

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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