Reconstruction of an electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model source from far-zone intensity measurements

David Kuebel, Taco D. Visser*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model source that produces a random beam may be characterized by eight independent quantities. We show how far-zone measurements of the Stokes parameters, together with the Hanbury Brown–Twiss coefficient, allow one to determine all the source parameters. This method provides, to the best of our knowledge, a new tool to identify distant sources.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1375-1378
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume45
Issue number6
Early online date5 Mar 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2020

Funding

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-16-1-0119).

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