RT Journal Article
T1 Polarization ray picture of coherence for vectorial electromagnetic waves
A1 Luis Aina, Alfredo
AB We elucidate a ray picture of coherence for vectorial electromagnetic waves by using the Stokes parameters for light rays defined by the optical Wigner function. Paraxial propagation is formulated as a complementary Huygens principle. We show that the degrees of coherence are averages of the phase difference where the weights are the Stokes parameters for light rays. We analyze the van Cittert-Zernike theorem for vectorial waves in terms of ray propagation. We show that simple polarization measurements in a Young interferometer determine the degrees of coherence for vectorial electromagnetic waves.
PB American Physical Society
SN 1050-2947
YR 2007
FD 2007-10-18
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51489
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51489
LA spa
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NO © 2007 Optical Society of America. I thank I. Gonzalo for a critical reading of the manuscript and valuable suggestions. This work has been supported by Project PR1-A/07-15378 of the Universidad Complutense.
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 may 2024