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Relation between degrees of coherence for electromagnetic fields.

Rosario Martínez-Herrero1, Pedro M Mejías

  • 1Departamento de Optica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.

Optics Letters
|June 5, 2007
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Researchers established a link between two coherence measures for electromagnetic beams. This connection relates the degrees of coherence to the field

Area of Science:

  • Optics and Photonics
  • Electromagnetism
  • Statistical Physics

Background:

  • Two distinct definitions for the degree of coherence in electromagnetic beams have been proposed recently.
  • Understanding coherence is crucial for characterizing the behavior of light and electromagnetic fields.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a connection between two recently introduced definitions of the degree of coherence for electromagnetic beams.
  • To explore the relationship between degrees of coherence and the degree of polarization.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of electric spectral density tensors for random electromagnetic fields.
  • Formulation of an equivalence relationship between different coherence measures.

Main Results:

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  • A link was established between Wolf's and Setälä's definitions of the degree of coherence under specific conditions.
  • The connection is expressed as an equivalence relation involving degrees of coherence and the degree of polarization.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides a unified perspective on coherence measures for electromagnetic beams.
  • The findings offer insights into the interplay between coherence and polarization in random electromagnetic fields.