Propagation theories of arbitrary-order correlations of partially coherent electromagnetic fields based on separated-coordinate mode decomposition.
Theories to calculate the propagation of arbitrary-order correlations of stationary or nonstationary partially coherent electromagnetic fields are proposed. The theories are based on separated-coordinate mode decomposition, and can make the well-developed propagation theories of fully coherent electromagnetic fields applicable to partially coherent electromagnetic fields governed by linear Maxwell equations. The validity of the theories is illustrated by an example.
Liu
Haitao
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Key Laboratory of Opto-elctronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. liuht@nankai.edu.cn
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Guoguang
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Lin
Lie
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