Physical significance of complete spatial coherence of optical fields

    Authors

    S. A. Ponomarenko; H. Roychowdhury;E. Wolf

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Phys. Lett. A

    Keywords

    Physics, Multidisciplinary

    Abstract

    We show that complete coherence of light fluctuations at two points in a statistically stationary optical field implies that the fluctuations are either identical or are proportional to each other, a property which may be called statistical similarity. In particular for light to be completely coherent it need not be monochromatic nor do the fluctuations need to be deterministic. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Physics Letters A

    Volume

    345

    Issue/Number

    1-3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    10

    Last Page

    12

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000232070300002

    ISSN

    0375-9601

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