Journal article
Autocorrelation functions and power spectral densities of the Stokes parameters in a polarization speckle pattern
The concept of ensemble-average polarization and coherence has been applied to studying fluctuating Stokes parameters in a polarization speckle observed when coherent light is passed through a birefringent polarization scrambler. With the aid of the ensemble-average van Cittert–Zernike theorem for the propagation of ensemble-average polar-coherence, we invesitgate the autocorrelation functions and power spectra of the Stokes parameters to expose the dependence of the polarization-related scale-size distributions on the optical geometries in which the polarization speckle arises.
A generalized concept of the Stokes ensemble-average coherence areas is introduced to deal with the polarization-related average areas associated with polarization speckle.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2023 |
Pages: | 165-174 |
ISSN: | 15208532 and 10847529 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1364/JOSAA.476171 |
ORCIDs: | Hanson, Steen G. |