Nth-order coherence of thermal light
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2025-04-30Title of Paper:
Nth-order coherence of thermal lightJournal:
Physical Review ASummary:
This paper presents a unified theory for the Nth-order N1 coherence of thermal light. We wish to show
that the Nth-order coherence or correlation of thermal light is the result of N-photon interference, which
involves the superposition of N-photon probability amplitudes, corresponding to different yet indistinguishable
ways of triggering a N-photon joint detection event. The near-field third-order spatial coherence of thermal
light is calculated and its use suggested for verifying the N-photon interference theory.Co-author:
Jianbin Liu and Yanhua ShihVolume:
79Page Number:
023819Translation or Not:
NoDate of Publication:
2009-02-18
