Title

Spectra, Coherence And Polarization In Young'S Interference Pattern Formed By Stochastic Electromagnetic Beams

Keywords

Beams; Coherence theory; Polarization

Abstract

New expressions are derived that predict the change of spectral density, the spectral degree of coherence and spectral degree of polarization in Young's interference pattern when the pinholes are illuminated by an electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-mode beam. The spectral degree of polarization in the observation plane is found, in general, to take on values different from its values at each pinhole, and it changes with position at the same spatial frequency, as does the spectral density. When the light at the pinholes is completely coherent, there are singular points in the pattern, at which the spectral degree of polarization reaches minimum value. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

9-1-2006

Publication Title

Optics Communications

Volume

265

Issue

1

Number of Pages

63-72

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2006.02.054

Socpus ID

33747368944 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33747368944

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