Editorial synthesis by the site author across the reading notes below. It is an interpretation, not a finding reported by any single paper. Each note keeps the authors’ findings separate from commentary and links the original source.
Working summary
Thick-layer decoherence, localized emitters and ensembles of independent dipoles need different statistical treatments. Scattering matrices can be retained while the source or propagation statistics change.
Connections
The 2018 thesis and 2024 co-authored paper address propagation statistics. Brillouin-zone integration handles localized sources; trace formulations make ensemble objectives efficient.
Draws on the reading notes for: Coherence in multilayers, The starting point, Incoherence meets diffraction, Thousands of incoherent emitters, Optimize an ensemble, not every dipole.
Questions and limits
Spatial incoherence, thickness averaging and temporal coherence are not interchangeable. Degenerate diffraction orders can retain correlations even in a thick layer.