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Coherence (Statistical Optics)
Coherence (Statistical Optics)
Coherence (Statistical Optics)
This is based on
Chapter 10. Statistical Optics, Fundamentals of Photonics Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich and Lecture Note on Laser Technology and Optics Prof. Matti Kaivola Optics and Molecular Materials, Helsinki University of Technology http://omm.hut.fi/optics/l_o/2005/ and Coherence and Fringe Localization T. D. Milster and N. A. Beaudry Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona www.optics.arizona.edu/milster
Coherence Coherence
Coherence is a measure of the correlation between the phases measured at different (temporal and spatial) points on a wave Coherence theory is a study of the correlation properties of random light which is also known as the statistical optics.
J G JG r1 = r2
Note, we use both notations of
G ( ) = ( ) and g ( ) = ( )
lc = c c
c = ave = 1/
lc = c c = c / = 2 /
Coherence Coherence Time Time and and Spectral Spectral Width Width
Fundamentals of Photonics, Bahaa E. A. Saleh, Malvin Carl Teich
where,
Coherence Coherence Time Time and and Spectral Spectral Width Width
t v = 1
Now, start to investigate concretely a relation between the visibility and the coherence from a 2-wavelength light source up to a polychromatic light source.
A A point point source source with with two two wavelengths wavelengths
Youngs double pinhole interferometer (YDPI)
d << zo
OPD = vt
eq
2 m c/n
eq
2 1 1 1 c = C.L. = eq 2 2 2
= a b and = a b
Coherence length
3 s
V decreased
5 s
Fringe visibility
y =
zo c d v
dy sinc o = sinc l c zo c c l=
=0
y =
zo c d v
vm v
2l =
Spatial Spatial Coherence: Coherence: two two point point source source
lc ~ /
OPDs =
ys d ys A zs
Fringe visibility
Fringe visibility
van Cittert-Zernike Theorem : Degree of Spatial Coherence is Fourier Transform (or, Fraunhofer Diffraction Pattern) of the source irradiance distribution
Appendix I
Lc ~ /
OPDs =
Since OPDs =
A =
ys S f
s
d ys d and A = zs zs
S f
OPDs
= 500 nm A = 1 mm d = 3 mm
V=0
Appendix Appendix II
van Cittert-Zernike Theorem for Spatial Coherence Chuck DiMarzio Northeastern University