Title
A law of interference of electromagnetic beams of any state of coherence and polarization and the Fresnel-Arago interference laws
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A-Opt. Image Sci. Vis.
Keywords
LIGHT; Optics
Abstract
A new general interference law is derived for the superposition of two random electromagnetic beams of any state of coherence and of any state of polarization when the beams are transmitted through polarizers and rotators. It includes, as special cases, a variety of interference laws that apply to particular situations. Some of them have a close bearing on the classic interference experiments of Fresnel and Arago that have played a basic role in elucidating the concept of polarization of light. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.
Journal Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America a-Optics Image Science and Vision
Volume
21
Issue/Number
12
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
2414
Last Page
2417
WOS Identifier
ISSN
1084-7529
Recommended Citation
"A law of interference of electromagnetic beams of any state of coherence and polarization and the Fresnel-Arago interference laws" (2004). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 4598.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/4598
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