Coherence Properties of Blackbody Radiation. III. Cross-Spectral Tensors

C. L. Mehta and E. Wolf
Phys. Rev. 161, 1328 – Published 25 September 1967
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Abstract

In a recent paper, cross-spectra tensors of quantized stationary electromagnetic fields were introduced and some of their properties were discussed. In the present paper, closed expressions for the cross-spectral tensors of blackbody radiation are derived and their behavior is illustrated by a number of diagrams. It is found that the correlation distance of a spectral component of wavelength λ is itself of the order of λ and is therefore independent of the temperature of the radiation.

  • Received 15 May 1967

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.161.1328

©1967 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

C. L. Mehta and E. Wolf*

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

  • *Guggenheim Fellow and Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1966-67.

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Vol. 161, Iss. 5 — September 1967

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