title: Propagation theories of arbitrary-order correlations of partially coherent electromagnetic fields based on separated-coordinate mode decomposition.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Opto-elctronic Information Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. liuht@nankai.edu.cn
authors.forename: Haitao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Guoguang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Lie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin