Invariance and noninvariance of the spectra of stochastic electromagnetic beams on propogation

    Authors

    J. X. Pu; O. Korotkova;E. Wolf

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    POLARIZATION; COHERENCE; Optics

    Abstract

    It has been known for some time that the spectrum of light may change on propagation, even in free space. The theory of this phenomenon was developed within the framework of scalar theory. We generalize it to electromagnetic beams, generated by planar, secondary, stochastic sources. We also derive an electromagnetic analog of the so-called scaling law. When this law is satisfied the normalized spectrum of the beam is the same throughout the far zone and across the source. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    31

    Issue/Number

    14

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2097

    Last Page

    2099

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000238960300001

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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