Polarization-resolved scintillations in Young's experiment

Yaru Gao, Yangjian Cai, ARI T. FRIBERG, TACO D. VISSER

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Abstract

The conventional scintillation, or intensity fluctuation, that occurs in random electromagnetic beams is just one member of a broader class of four interconnected, polarization-resolved scintillations. We examine these generalized scintillations, called Stokes scintillations, that occur when two stochastic electromagnetic beams are made to interfere in Young's experiment. We find that the magnitude of the conventional scintillation can be decreased, within certain limits, at the expense of an increase of one or more of the other Stokes scintillations. For certain applications however, it may be beneficial to suppress the latter.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19081-19089
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume30
Issue number11
Early online date16 May 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 May 2022

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Funding. National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFA0705000); National Natural Science Foundation of China (11904211, 11974218, 12192254, 91750201, 11525418); Innovation Group of Jinan (2018GXRC010); Local Science and Technology Development Project of the Central Government (YDZX20203700001766); Dutch Research Council (P19-13 Optical wireless super highways); Joensuu University Foundation; Academy of Finland (310511, 320166); .

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Funding

Funding. National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFA0705000); National Natural Science Foundation of China (11904211, 11974218, 12192254, 91750201, 11525418); Innovation Group of Jinan (2018GXRC010); Local Science and Technology Development Project of the Central Government (YDZX20203700001766); Dutch Research Council (P19-13 Optical wireless super highways); Joensuu University Foundation; Academy of Finland (310511, 320166); .

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