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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Piquero Sanz, Gemma María author Borghi, Riccardo author Gori, Franco author Santarsiero, Massimo author 2000-09-01 We introduce an extension of the van Cittert-Zernike theorem to spatially incoherent sources with partial polarization. We show through a simple example that fields generated by such sources can possess correlation matrices with interesting properties. In particular, we show that by suitable modulation of the polarization state across the incoherent source, the correlation between the orthogonal components of the field as well as the degree of polarization may drastically change on propagation. 0146-9592 10.1364/OL.25.001291 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58832 http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.25.001291 http://www.opticsinfobase.org Use of the van Cittert-Zernike theorem for partially polarized sources