A law of interference of electromagnetic beams of any state of coherence and polarization and the Fresnel-Arago interference laws

    Authors

    M. Mujat; A. Dogariu;E. Wolf

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    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

    WOS:000225378200020

    ISSN

    1084-7529

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