The van Cittert-Zernike theorem for electromagnetic fields

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1746-1752

  Ostrovsky, Andrey S ^a   Martínez Niconoff, Gabriel ^b   Martínez Vara, Patricia ^a   Olvera Santamaría, Miguel A ^a  

^a BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

DEGREE OF COHERENCE; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIELD; OPTICAL SIMULATION; PARTIALLY COHERENT; SECONDARY SOURCES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; VAN CITTERT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 59749088901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.001746     Document Type: Article

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