title: Role of spatial coherence in Goos-Hänchen and Imbert-Fedorov shifts.
abstract: We present a theory for Goos-Hänchen (GH) and Imbert-Fedorov (IF) shifts for beams of light with arbitrary spatial coherence. By applying the well-known theory of partial spatial coherence, we can calculate explicitly spatial and angular GH and IF shifts for completely polarized beams of any shape and spatial coherence. For the specific case of a Gauss-Schell source, we find that only the angular part of GH and IF shifts is affected by the spatial coherence of the beam. A physical explanation of our results is given.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Günther-Scharowsky-Straße 1/Bau 24, 91058 Erlangen, Germany. andrea.aiello@mpl.mpg.de
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aiello
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Woerdman