Published December 9, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Light intensity correlations in optically active media

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 (United States)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel (Israel)

Description

We calculate the field-field correlation function in a disordered optically active medium. It is shown that this function exhibits characteristic spatial oscillations, with a period related to the chirality parameter of the medium. Similar oscillations show up in correlations of the polarization-resolved intensity. In contrast, correlations in the total intensity, i.e. summed over all polarizations, are not sensitive to chirality

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/38/10545/a5_49_006.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
49
Journal Page Range
p. 10545-10548
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37048497
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRALITY; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; OSCILLATIONS; POLARIZATION; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FUNCTIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS