On polarization manifestations of correlation (intrinsic coherence) of optical fields

The statement is substantiated that the experimental estimation of the degree of correlation of statistical vector optical fields must include not only the measurement of the visibility of the interference pattern, but also the deepness of the polarization modulation (degree of polarization) in the resulting spatial distribution of a field.

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