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A method for calculation matrix-elements of the density operator for the superposition of two electromagnetic fields from the matrix-elements of the two components is developed. In the special case of superposition of a stationary coherent field and a stationary chaotic field results are compared with Peřina's results.
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Funke, J., Hoffmann, M. Zur Berechnung der Matrixelemente des Dichteoperators für die überlagerung Zweier Elektromagnetischer Felder. Czech J Phys 26, 134–139 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01595347
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01595347