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Use of the van Cittert-Zernike theorem for partially polarized sources Piquero Sanz, Gemma María Borghi, Riccardo Gori, Franco Santarsiero, Massimo 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. 2023-06-20T18:52:36Z 2023-06-20T18:52:36Z 2023-06-20T18:52:36Z 2000-09-01 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58832 0146-9592 10.1364/OL.25.001291 eng PB97-0295 open access The Optical Society of America