Abstract
Within the accuracy of the first-order Born approximation, the fourth-order correlationstatistics of an electromagnetic plane wave scattering from a quasi-homogeneous (QH)medium is studied. Under the assumption that the fluctuations of the scattering potentialobey Gaussian statistics, the moment theorem for a complex Gaussian random process isutilized to formulate fourth-order correlations for the case of an electromagnetic plane waveincident on a QH medium. The effects of the polarization of the incident plane wavesand the scattering azimuth angles on the correlation properties are discussed bynumerical examples. It is verified that, in general, the numerical values of thecorrelations between intensity fluctuations for the electromagnetic case cannot exceedthose for the scalar case. Only when a certain limitation to the scattering anglesor initial polarization is imposed are the values for the two cases equal to oneanother.
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