Title

Correlations Between Intensity Fluctuations In Stochastic Electromagnetic Beams Of Any State Of Coherence And Polarization

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. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

4-15-2007

Publication Title

Optics Communications

Volume

272

Issue

2

Number of Pages

289-292

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2006.11.041

Socpus ID

33847127872 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33847127872

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