Space-time correlation of wave fields and intensities in dispersive media generated by random sources on a plane

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 674-679

  Barakat, Richard ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

SPACE-TIME CORRELATION; WAVE FIELDS;

FOURIER OPTICS;

EID: 0028383071     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.11.000674     Document Type: Article

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