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Determination of intensity correlation functions from photoelectric counting distributions
D. Meltzer,L. Mandel +1 more
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In this article, two techniques for obtaining information about the intensity correlation function of an optical field, from measurements of photoelectric counting distributions, are described, based on double differentiation of the second factorial moment with respect to the counting time.Abstract:
Two techniques are described for obtaining information about the intensity correlation function of an optical field, from measurements of photoelectric counting distributions. The first method is based on double differentiation of the second factorial moment with respect to the counting time. It requires very accurate data, but is shown to be quite feasible, and yields the intensity-correlation function explicitly. The second procedure is less sensitive to inaccuracies and allows the correlation time and certain other parameters to be determined from the factorial moments. In addition, it yields some information about the general form of the correlation function, but no explicit function. The procedures are illustrated and compared by application to photoelectric counting measurements of a laser far below the threshold of oscillation.read more
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The Coherence Properties of Optical Fields
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of coherence properties of electromagnetic fields and their measurements, with special emphasis on the optical region of the spectrum, is presented, based on both the classical and quantum theories.