Heterodyne measurement of Wigner distributions for classical optical fields.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
We demonstrate a two-window heterodyne method for measuring the x-p cross correlation, ??(*)(x)? (p)?, of an optical field ? for transverse position x and transverse momentum p. This scheme permits independent control of the x and p resolution. A simple linear transform of the x-p correlation function yields the Wigner phase-space distribution. This technique is useful for both coherent and low-coherence light sources and may permit new biological imaging techniques based on transverse coherence measurement with time gating. We point out an interesting analogy between x-p correlation measurements for classical-wave and quantum fields.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Lee, KF; Reil, F; Bali, S; Wax, A; Thomas, JE
Published Date
- October 1999
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 24 / 19
Start / End Page
- 1370 - 1372
PubMed ID
- 18079807
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1539-4794
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0146-9592
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1364/ol.24.001370
Language
- eng