Correlations between intensity fluctuations in stochastic electromagnetic beams of any state of coherence and polarization

    Authors

    T. Shirai;E. Wolf

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Commun.

    Keywords

    Optics

    Abstract

    A formula is derived for the correlation between intensity fluctuations at two points in the cross-section of a wide class of stochastic electromagnetic beams of any state of coherence and polarization. The formula is of particular interest in connection with the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect. The analysis leads to the introduction of a generalization of the degree of polarization which, unlike the usual degree of polarization, depends on position of two field points and reduces to the usual degree of polarization when the two points coincide. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Optics Communications

    Volume

    272

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2007

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    289

    Last Page

    292

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000244969300002

    ISSN

    0030-4018

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