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Starting from the detailed description of the single-collision decoherence mechanism proposed by Adami, Hauray and Negulescu, we derive a Wigner equation endowed with a decoherence term of a fairly general form. This equation is shown to…
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In the framework of statistical optics, a Wigner function represents partially coherent radiation. A Gaussian Wigner function, which is an equivalent representation of the more commonly used Gaussian Schell-model cross-spectral density, may…
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