Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-23-2019
Abstract
We present a method to generate any physically realizable electromagnetic Schell-model source. Our technique can be directly implemented on existing vector-beam generators that utilize spatial light modulators for coherence control, beam shaping, and relative phasing. This work significantly extends published research on the subject, where control over the partially coherent source’s cross-spectral density matrix was limited. We begin by presenting the statistical optics theory necessary to derive and implement our method. We then apply our technique, both analytically and in simulation, to produce two electromagnetic Schell-model sources from the literature. We demonstrate control over the full cross-spectral density matrices of both partially coherent beams. We compare the simulated results of these two sources to the corresponding theoretical or designed quantities to validate our approach. We find, through examination of the two-dimensional correlation coefficients, that both sources converge to their desired, ensemble (or by ergodicity, “long-time”) statistics within 500 random field instances. Our method and subsequent findings will be useful in any application where control over beam shape, polarization, and spatial coherence are important. These include but are not limited to free-space/underwater optical communications, directed energy, medicine, atomic optics, and optical tweezers.
DOI
10.1016/j.rinp.2019.102663
Source Publication
Results in Physics (e-ISSN 2211-3797)
Recommended Citation
Hyde, M. W. (2019). Generating electromagnetic Schell-model sources using complex screens with spatially varying auto- and cross-correlation functions. Results in Physics, 15, 102663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2019.102663
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