Polarimetric description of superposing random electromagnetic fields with different spectral composition

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

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-222

  Berezhnyy, Ihor ^a   Dogariu, Aristide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

POLARIMETRIC DESCRIPTION; SECOND ORDER COHERENCE THEORY; STOKES VECTORS; SUPERPOSING RANDOM ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0842332868     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000218     Document Type: Article

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