Generation and propagation of a vector cosine-Gaussian correlated beam with radial polarization.

Scalar cosine-Gaussian-correlated Schell-model (CGCSM) beams of circular or rectangular symmetry were introduced just recently. In this paper, a new kind of partially coherent vector beam named vector CGCSM beam with radial polarization (i.e., radially polarized CGCSM beam) is introduced. The realizability conditions for a radially polarized CGCSM source and the beam condition for radiation generated by such source are derived. The statistical properties, such as the average intensity, the degree of coherence, the degree of polarization and the state of polarization, of a radially polarized CGCSM beam focused by a thin lens are analyzed in detail. It is found that the statistical properties of a radially polarized CGCSM beam are quite different from those of a conventional radial polarized partially coherent beam with Gaussian correlated Schell-model function. Furthermore, we first report experimental generation of a radially polarized CGCSM beam and measure its focusing properties. Our experimental results are consistent with the theoretical predictions.

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