The influence of the degree of cross-polarization on the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect.
We show, by an example, that the knowledge of the degree of coherence and of the degree of polarization of a light beam incident on two photo detectors is not adequate to predict correlations in the fluctuations of the currents generated in the detectors (the Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect). The knowledge of the so-called degree of cross-polarization, introduced not long ago, is also needed.
Al-Qasimi
Asma
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Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada.
Lahiri
Mayukh
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Kuebel
David
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James
Daniel F V
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Wolf
Emil
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D008027:Light; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation*