Invariance and noninvariance of the spectra of stochastic electromagnetic beams on propogation

Jixiong Pu; Olga Korotkova; Emil Wolf

doi:10.1364/OL.31.002097

Invariance and noninvariance of the spectra of stochastic electromagnetic beams on propogation

Jixiong Pu, Olga Korotkova, Emil Wolf

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It has been known for some time that the spectrum of light may change on propagation, even in free space. The theory of this phenomenon was developed within the framework of scalar theory. We generalize it to electromagnetic beams, generated by planar, secondary, stochastic sources. We also derive an electromagnetic analog of the so-called scaling law. When this law is satisfied the normalized spectrum of the beam is the same throughout the far zone and across the source.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2097-2099
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	31
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.002097
State	Published - Jul 15 2006
Externally published	Yes

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