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

    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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