title: Electromagnetic nonuniformly correlated beams.
abstract: A class of electromagnetic sources with nonuniformly distributed field correlations is introduced. The conditions on source parameters guaranteeing that the source generates a physical beam are derived. It is shown that the new sources are capable of producing beams with polarization properties that evolve on propagation in a manner much more complex compared to the well-known electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beams.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33146, USA.
authors.forename: Zhisong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Korotkova