TY - JOUR
T1 - Generalized van Cittert-Zernike theorem for the cross-spectral density matrix of quasi-homogeneous planar electromagnetic sources
AU - Rodríguez-Herrera, Oscar G.
AU - Tyo, J. Scott
PY - 2012/9/1
Y1 - 2012/9/1
N2 - A generalized van Cittert-Zernike theorem for the cross-spectral density matrix of quasi-homogeneous planar electromagnetic sources is introduced. We present theoretical examples of using this theorem to generate fields with interesting polarization and spatial coherence properties by choosing the appropriate spectral density distribution of the source. We found that under certain conditions, a quasi-homogeneous, polarized source may produce a beam in the far field that is unpolarized in the typical one-point sense but polarized in the two-point, mutual polarization sense.
AB - A generalized van Cittert-Zernike theorem for the cross-spectral density matrix of quasi-homogeneous planar electromagnetic sources is introduced. We present theoretical examples of using this theorem to generate fields with interesting polarization and spatial coherence properties by choosing the appropriate spectral density distribution of the source. We found that under certain conditions, a quasi-homogeneous, polarized source may produce a beam in the far field that is unpolarized in the typical one-point sense but polarized in the two-point, mutual polarization sense.
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U2 - 10.1364/JOSAA.29.001939
DO - 10.1364/JOSAA.29.001939
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866561405
SN - 1084-7529
VL - 29
SP - 1939
EP - 1947
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
IS - 9
ER -