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Thermal Light Cannot Be Represented as a Statistical Mixture of Single Pulses

Author(s): Chenu, Aurélia; Brańczyk, Agata M.; Scholes, Gregory D.; Sipe, John E.

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Abstract: We ask whether or not thermal light can be represented as a mixture of single broadband coherent pulses. We find that it cannot. Such a mixture is simply not rich enough to mimic thermal light; indeed, it cannot even reproduce the first-order correlation function. We show that it is possible to construct a modified mixture of single coherent pulses that does yield the correct first-order correlation function at equal space points. However, as we then demonstrate, such a mixture cannot reproduce the second-order correlation function. © 2015 American Physical Society.
Publication Date: May-2015
Electronic Publication Date: 29-May-2015
Citation: Chenu, Aurélia, Brańczyk, Agata M., Scholes, Gregory D., Sipe, John E. (2015). Thermal Light Cannot Be Represented as a Statistical Mixture of Single Pulses. Physical Review Letters, 114 (21), 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.213601
DOI: doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.213601
ISSN: 0031-9007
EISSN: 1079-7114
Pages: 114.21:213601-1 - 213601-5
Type of Material: Journal Article
Journal/Proceeding Title: Physical Review Letters
Version: Final published version. This is an open access article.
Notes: Physical Review Letters. Volume 114, Issue 21, 29 May 2015, Article number 213601.



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