Authors

B. Slovick; J. Bean; L. Florence; G. Zummo;G. Boreman

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Express

Keywords

DIODE; NANOANTENNAS; PERFORMANCE; DETECTORS; FIELD; Optics

Abstract

The degree of coherence of a partially coherent monochromatic optical field is measured with a dual-dipole phased-array antenna coupled to a metal-oxide-metal tunnel diode detector. For a two-element phased-array, the degree of coherence is a measure of the correlation of electric fields received by the antennas as a function of the element separation. To extract the coherence function from the measured antenna response, a calibration method is developed to remove propagation loss and device nonuniformity. Measurements at 10.6 mu m are substantiated by electromagnetic simulations and compared to the result derived from the Van Cittert-Zernike theorem.

Journal Title

Optics Express

Volume

19

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

5924

Last Page

5929

WOS Identifier

WOS:000288852700022

ISSN

1094-4087

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