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Spatial & Temporal

Coherence

Optical Engineering
Prof. Elias N. Glytsis

School of Electrical & Computer Engineering

National Technical University of Athens
Spatial and Temporal Coherence

B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Ed., J. Wiley 2007

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 Spatial and Temporal Coherence

Temporal Coherence Time, c Temporal Coherence Length, c = c c

Spatial Coherence Length, xc

xc

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Spatial and Temporal Coherence

Spatial and
Temporal
Coherence

Temporal
Coherence;
Spatial
Incoherence

Spatial
Coherence;
Temporal
Incoherence

Spatial and
Temporal
Incoherence

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 Temporal Coherence

Temporal Coherence Time, c Temporal Coherence Length, c = 2d = c c

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 Spatial Coherence

Spatial Coherence Area, Ac= d2

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 Temporal Coherence

Temporal Coherence Function (Autocorrelation)

Degree of Temporal Coherence

Coherence Time and Coherence Length

B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Ed., J. Wiley 2007

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 Temporal Coherence

Power Spectral Density

B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Ed., J. Wiley 2007

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 Temporal Coherence

B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Ed., J. Wiley 2007

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 Temporal Coherence

Power Spectral Density

B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Ed., J. Wiley 2007

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Youngs Experiment to Demonstrate Spatial Coherence

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 Spatial Coherence
Mutual Coherence Function

Mutual Degree of Coherence

B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Ed., J. Wiley 2007

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 Spatial Coherence Function

Spatial Coherence Area, Ac

B. E. A. Saleh and M. C. Teich, Fundamentals of Photonics, 2nd Ed., J. Wiley 2007

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 Spatial Coherence

The van Cittert-Zernike Theorem states that the spatial coherence

area Ac is given by:

D 2 2
c = 2
d
where d is the diameter of the light source and D is the distance
away.

Basically, wave-fronts smooth

out as they propagate away
from the source.

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Spatial and Spectral Filtering to Produce Coherence Radiation

http://zeiss-campus.magnet.fsu.edu/tutorials/coherence/indexflash.html

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