Partially Coherent Sources with Inhomogeneous Azimuth

TL;DR

This paper introduces a new model for a physically realizable electromagnetic source that is partially coherent, non-uniformly polarized, with adjustable spatial coherence and a varying polarization azimuth across its transverse plane.

Contribution

It presents a novel model of a partially coherent, inhomogeneous polarized electromagnetic source with controllable coherence area and azimuthal polarization variation.

Findings

Coherence area can be easily modified.

Polarization is linear with azimuth varying across the source.

The model is physically realizable and analytically characterized.

Abstract

A new model of physically realizable electromagnetic source is proposed. The source is partially coherent and non-uniformly totally polarized. The coherence and polarization characteristics of this new source are analyzed. The spatial coherence area of the source can be easily modified at will. The state of polarization is linear across the transverse plane of the source with an azimuth that varies from point to point in a different way depending on the selected values of the parameters that define the source.