Coherence and polarization of electromagnetic beams modulated by random phase screens and their changes on propagation in free space

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

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1907-1916

  Shirai, Tomohiro ^a   Wolf, Emil ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLARIZATION;

CROSS SPECTRAL DENSITY MATRIX; LIQUID CRYSTAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR; RANDOM PHASE SCREENS; SPATIAL COHERENCE;

STATISTICAL OPTICS;

EID: 5644275530     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.001907     Document Type: Article

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