Affiliation:
1. Shandong Normal University
2. Soochow University
3. University of Eastern Finland
4. University of Rochester
5. Vrije Universiteit
Abstract
The conventional scintillation, or intensity fluctuation, that occurs in random electromagnetic beams is just one member of a broader class of four interconnected, polarization-resolved scintillations. We examine these generalized scintillations, called Stokes scintillations, that occur when two stochastic electromagnetic beams are made to interfere in Young’s experiment. We find that the magnitude of the conventional scintillation can be decreased, within certain limits, at the expense of an increase of one or more of the other Stokes scintillations. For certain applications however, it may be beneficial to suppress the latter.
Funder
National Key Research and Development Program of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Innovation Group of Jinan
Local Science and Technology Development Project of the Central Government
Academy of Finland
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Joensuun Yliopiston Tukisäätiö
Subject
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics