THE WOLF EFFECT IN SPHERICALLY SYMMETRICAL SYSTEMS

Authors
HAZAK G ZAMIR R
Citation
G. Hazak et R. Zamir, THE WOLF EFFECT IN SPHERICALLY SYMMETRICAL SYSTEMS, J. mod. opt., 41(8), 1994, pp. 1653-1657
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
J. mod. opt. → ACNP
ISSN journal
09500340
Volume
41
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1653 - 1657
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-0340(1994)41:8<1653:TWEISS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Explicit solutions for the cross-spectral density, the spectrum and th e flux emitted by a partially coherent isotropically distributed prima ry source are derived. It is shown that the modification of the spectr um (the Wolf effect) in the isotropic case is not due to radiation pro pagation, but rather to the emission mechanism itself. Consequently, t he radiated spectrum everywhere is different from the spectrum of the source.