Changes in statistics of the instantaneous Stokes parameters of a quasi-monochromatic electromagnetic beam on propagation

    Authors

    O. Korotkova

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Commun.

    Keywords

    POLARIZATION; FIELDS; Optics

    Abstract

    The changes in the probability density functions (PDFs) are discussed, of the instantaneous Stokes parameters of a quasi-monochromatic electromagnetic beam propagating in free space. Such changes may be caused by correlations between the components of the electric field at a pair of points in the source plane. When the fluctuations of the electric field are governed by Gaussian statistics the PDFs of the instantaneous Stokes parameters at any distance from the source are completely determined by the two-point correlation properties of the field in the source plane. These results can be used for synthesis of sources generating random beams with prescribed statistical properties. They also may find applications in remote sensing, tomography and communications with partially coherent and partially polarized light. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Optics Communications

    Volume

    261

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    218

    Last Page

    224

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000237403500004

    ISSN

    0030-4018

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