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Defined quantum optical coherence through a hierarchy of measurable field-correlation functions and distinguished different orders of coherence beyond first-order classical usage.
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The record is Glauber's sole-author 1963 Physical Review paper. It targets the correlation-function theory developed there and does not absorb the companion letter, all photodetection theory or subsequent quantum-optics experiments.
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Roy J. Glauber
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Glauber: the quantum theory of optical coherence
Defined quantum optical coherence through a hierarchy of measurable field-correlation functions and distinguished different orders of coherence beyond first-order classical usage.
Scientific scope
The record is Glauber's sole-author 1963 Physical Review paper. It targets the correlation-function theory developed there and does not absorb the companion letter, all photodetection theory or subsequent quantum-optics experiments.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
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Roy J. Glauber
The named authors contributed to this scoped work; individual effort shares and later applications are not assigned by the byline.