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Partially coherent sources which produce the same far-field intensity distribution as a laser
Emil Wolf,E. Collett +1 more
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In this article, it was shown that certain partially coherent model sources whose intensity distribution and degree of coherence are both gaussian will generate the same far-field intensity distributions as a completely coherent laser source.About:
This article is published in Optics Communications.The article was published on 1978-06-01. It has received 192 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Coherent backscattering & Degree of coherence.read more
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Bessel-Gauss beams
TL;DR: In this paper, a new type of solution of the paraxial wave equation is presented, which encompasses as limiting cases both the diffraction-free beam and the gaussian beam.
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Change of polarization of light beams on propagation in free space
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown by use of a simple model that in general the state of polarization of a light beam generated by a partially coherent source changes as the beam propagates in free space.
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Twisted Gaussian Schell-model beams
R. Simon,N. Mukunda +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new class of partially coherent axially symmetric Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) beams incorporating a new twist phase quadratic in configuration variables is introduced.
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Gaussian-Wigner distributions in quantum mechanics and optics
TL;DR: The Wigner distribution method is shown to be a convenient framework for characterizing Gaussian kernels and their unitary evolution under Sp(2n,openR) action and the nontrivial role played by a phase term in the kernel is brought out.
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Collett-Wolf sources and multimode lasers
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown that an exact realization of a Collett-Wolf source is given by a laser oscillating on a suitable superposition of (infinitely many) transverse modes.
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Principles of Optics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss various topics about optics, such as geometrical theories, image forming instruments, and optics of metals and crystals, including interference, interferometers, and diffraction.
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Spectral coherence and the concept of cross-spectral purity
Leonard Mandel,Emil Wolf +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the complex degree of spectral coherence, or the spectral correlation coefficient, characterizes the correlations that exist between the spectral components at a given frequency in the light oscillations at two points in a stationary optical field.
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Coherence and radiometry with quasihomogeneous planar sources
William H. Carter,Emil Wolf +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of quasihomogeneous sources is introduced and an important reciprocity relation is shown to exist between light in the far zone and in the source plane, which implies that the degree of coherence in far zone is given by the classic form of the van Cittert-Zernike theorem, even though the source may have a high degree of spatial coherence over arbitrarily large areas.
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Is complete spatial coherence necessary for the generation of highly directional light beams
Edward Collett,Emil Wolf +1 more
TL;DR: An equivalence theorem is formulated that provides conditions under which planar sources of different states of spatial coherence will generate optical fields that have identical far-zone intensity distributions.
Dissertation
The multiple plate antenna
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a method to solve the problem of energy minimization in the context of electrical engineering.Thesis: Sc. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1961.