Title

Statistical similarity and the physical significance of complete spatial coherence and complete polarization of random electromagnetic beams

Authors

Authors

H. Roychowdhury;E. Wolf

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Commun.

Keywords

coherence; statistical optics; FIELD; Optics

Abstract

We introduce the concept of statistical similarity between two statistically stationary random processes in a rigorous way and show that complete correlation between the processes implies statistical similarity and vice versa. We then apply the theorem to stochastic electromagnetic beams and show that it elucidates the physical meaning of complete coherence and complete polarization. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Optics Communications

Volume

248

Issue/Number

4-6

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

327

Last Page

332

WOS Identifier

WOS:000228492900003

ISSN

0030-4018

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