Title
Generalized Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect for Stokes parameters
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-13-2019
Abstract
The classic experiments by Hanbury Brown and Twiss (HBT) were concerned with the correlation of intensity fluctuations at two different positions in a wave field. We generalize the HBT effect that occurs in random electromagnetic beams by examining its polarization-resolved version. This leads naturally to the concept of correlations of fluctuations of the four Stokes parameters. We calculate the correlations of such “Stokes fluctuations” for the case of Gaussian statistics. When the two points of observation coincide, these correlations reduce to “Stokes scintillations.” Our work reveals a new layer of complexity in random beams by showing that the HBT effect and the scintillation coefficient are just two of many correlations that are present. We illustrate that, in general, the fluctuations of the various Stokes parameters are all correlated by studying beams and sources with different polarization states.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.36.000362
Publication Information
Kuebel, David and Visser, Taco D. (2019). "Generalized Hanbury Brown-Twiss effect for Stokes parameters." Journal of the Optical Society of America A 36.3, 362-367.
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