First order coherence classical optics problem

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The discussion centers on solving exercise 2.1 from "Microcavities" by Alexey Kavokin, Jeremy Baumberg, Guillaume Malpuech, and Fabrice Laussy, which involves proving the first-order coherence function |g^{(1)}(\tau)| = |cos(\frac{1}{2}(\omega_1 - \omega_2)\tau)|. The coherence function is defined as g^{(1)}(\tau) = \frac{\langle E^{\ast}(t)E(t+\tau)\rangle}{\langle |E(t)|^2 \rangle}, where E(t) includes two components with varying phase \varphi. The challenge lies in mathematically handling the random variation of \varphi, which cancels out during averaging, leading to the conclusion that g^{(1)}(\tau) simplifies to g^{(1)}(\tau) = \exp^{-i\omega \tau} for a sine wave input.

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Hi, I am trying to work through exercise 2.1 on page 37 of Microcavities (by alexy kavokin, jeremy baumberg, guillaume malpuech and fabrice laussy)


the problem is to prove
[tex] | g^{(1)}(\tau) | = | cos( \frac{1}{2}(\omega_1 - \omega_2)\tau) ) |[/tex]


where:

[tex] g^{(1)}(\tau)=\frac{\langle E^{\ast}(t)E(t+\tau)\rangle}{\langle |E(t)|^2 \rangle}[/tex]
and
[tex] E(t)=E_0(t)\exp^{i[k_1z-\omega_1t]}+E_0(t)\exp^{i[k_2z-\omega_2t+\varphi]}[/tex]
where
[tex] \varphi[/tex] varies randomly between measurements


how do you deal mathmatically with [tex]\varphi[/tex] varying??


Also more simply above the exercise the text states a simpler apparently 'trivial' result using the same formula for [tex]g^{(1)}(\tau)[/tex] that the sine wave of
[tex] E(t)=E_0(t)\exp^{i[\omega t - kz + \varphi]}[/tex]
by direct application of the formula for [tex]g^{(1)}(\tau)[/tex] yields:

[tex] g^{(1)}(\tau)= \exp^{i\omega \tau}[/tex]

i cannot show even this 'trivial' application, i find that:
[tex] \langle E^{\ast}(t)E(t+\tau)\rangle = \langle E_0\exp^{-i\omega \tau}\rangle [/tex]
and
[tex] \langle |E(t)|^2 \rangle = \langle |E_0^2 \exp^{2i(\omega t -kx + \varphi)} \rangle[/tex]
How does that evaluate to
[tex] g^{(1)}(\tau)= \exp^{-i\omega \tau}[/tex] ??
If anyone can give me any pointers( or show me the complete workings of this XD ) then it would much appreciated. Thanks for reading my post.
 
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problem no longer. Just assumed by [tex]/varphi[/tex] varying randomly then all components with [tex]/varphi[/tex] cancel in the averageing.
 

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