  We demonstrate the generation of classical incoherent light with electronic
control over its temporal characteristics and photon number distribution. The
tunability of the temporal coherence is shown, under both classical and quantum
detection, through second order correlation ($G^2(\tau)$) measurements. The
tailoring of desired classical photon number distributions is illustrated by
creating two representative light sources - one thermal and the other a
specific classical, non-Gaussian state. Such generation of classical light
sources, quite different from existing natural light sources, is likely to be a
useful resource in quantum information processing. As a particular application
in this direction we outline how a non-Gaussian state generated in this manner
may be mixed with an appropriate non-classical Gaussian state at a
beamsplitter, to generate non-Gaussian entanglement.
