2010/05/16 by Román Castañeda, Castañeda, Román, Gustavo Cañas +4
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry #Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies #Random lasers and scattering media #Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1005.3438
arxiv created 2010/05/16 · openalex publication_date 2010/05/16 · arxiv updated 2010/05/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In the framework of the spatial coherence wavelets, different features of the first-order spatial coherence (Young's interference) are analysed by calculating the corresponding marginal power spectrum, a close related quantity to the classical Wigner Distribution Function (WDF) of the optical field. The consideration of radiant and virtual point sources evidences some effects, conventionally attributed to non-classical correlations of light, although such type of correlations are not explicitly included in the model. Specifically, a light state is produced that has similar morphology to the WDF of the well-known quantum Schrödinger cat state.