Abstract
It was shown recently that the basic properties of a fluctuating electromagnetic beam can be derived from knowledge of a 2 × 2 cross-spectral density matrix of the electric field in the source plane. However, not every such matrix represents a source that will generate a beamlike field. We derive conditions that the matrix must satisfy for the source to generate an electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beam.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1173-1175 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics