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Defined measurable higher-order field-correlation functions and coherence hierarchy.
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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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. 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.
Contributors
- Roy J. Glauber · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- APS page for The Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence
- APS full text of Glauber optical-coherence paper
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