Decrease in spatial coherence of light propagating in free space

Optics Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 1672-1673

  Devaney, A J ^a   Friberg, A T ^b   Kumar, A T N ^c   Wolf, Emil ^d  

^a Northeastern University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0037628537     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.22.001672     Document Type: Article

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