Degree of coherence for electromagnetic fields

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1137-1143

  Tervo, Jani ^a   Setälä, Tero ^b   Friberg, Ari T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; CORRELATION METHODS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONOCHROMATORS; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

DEGREE OF COHERENCE; OPTICAL INTENSITY; PINHOLES; SPATIAL INTENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 1242331549     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.001137     Document Type: Article

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