Polarization of completely coherent random electromagnetic beams

    Authors

    K. Kim;E. Wolf

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    PROPAGATION; Optics

    Abstract

    It is shown that the spectral degree of polarization P((r) over right arrow, omega) of a fluctuating electromagnetic beam which is completely coherent throughout a domain D is necessarily the same at every point in D. It can take on any value in the range 0 < = P < = 1. In particular, the fully coherent beam can be completely polarized or completely unpolarized throughout D. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    31

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    146

    Last Page

    148

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000234665000002

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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