Decrease in spatial coherence of light propagating in free space.
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چکیده
It is shown that a highly spatially incoherent light distribution may be generated from a highly coherent one on propagation in free space. This result essentially demonstrates that there exists an inverse of a classic result of optical coherence theory, namely, the van Cittert-Zernike theorem. The analysis also indicates that the technique of phase conjugation may be used to reverse changes in the coherence properties of light, at least those which are generated on propagation in free space.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics letters
دوره 22 22 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997