Title

Physical Significance Of Complete Spatial Coherence Of Optical Fields

Abstract

We show that complete coherence of light fluctuations at two points in a statistically stationary optical field implies that the fluctuations are either identical or are proportional to each other, a property which may be called statistical similarity. In particular for light to be completely coherent it need not be monochromatic nor do the fluctuations need to be deterministic. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

9-26-2005

Publication Title

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volume

345

Issue

1-3

Number of Pages

10-12

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2005.07.006

Socpus ID

24644471948 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/24644471948

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