Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1541271 | Optics Communications | 2008 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The behavior of the degree of polarization of a Gaussian Schell-model beam propagating in free space is investigated. Contour diagrams for the degree of polarization, and for the spectral density (‘intensity’) of the polarized and the unpolarized portions of the beam are presented.
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Authors
O. Korotkova, T.D. Visser, E. Wolf,