Mathematical Optics

14	Coherence Functions in Classical and Quantum Optics
Imrana Ashraf Zahid and Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

CONTENTS

14.1    Introduction

14.2    Temporal Coherence

14.3    Autocorrelation Function

14.4    Visibility of Interference

14.5    Spatial Coherence and Mutual Cross-Correlation Functions

14.6    Second-Order Classical Coherence Functions

14.7    Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence

14.8    First-Order Quantum Coherence Functions

14.9    Theory of One-Atom Photodetector

14.10  Higher-Order Quantum Coherence Functions

14.11  Properties of the Quantum Correlation Functions

14.12  Photon Statistics of Quantum Mechanical Fields

14.13  Comment on Partially Coherent Beams

References

14.1    INTRODUCTION

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