title: On polarization metrology (estimation) of the degree of coherence of optical waves.
abstract: A new approach is proposed for estimating the degree of coherence of optical waves. The possibility of transformation of the spatial polarization distribution in the measured spatial intensity distribution for determining the degree of correlation of superposing waves, linearly polarized in the plane of incidence, is shown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Correlation Optics, Chernivtsi National University, 2 Kotsyubinsky Str., Chernivtsi 58012, Ukraine. angelsky@itf.cv.ua
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Angelsky
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: C Yu
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Zenkova
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gorsky
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Gorodyns'ka