Title
A Law Of Interference Of Electromagnetic Beams Of Any State Of Coherence And Polarization And The Fresnel-Arago Interference Laws
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. © 2004 Optical Society of America.
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Publication Title
Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision
Volume
21
Issue
12
Number of Pages
2414-2417
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.21.002414
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
10944256034 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/10944256034
STARS Citation
Mujat, Mircea; Dogariu, Aristide; and Wolf, Emil, "A Law Of Interference Of Electromagnetic Beams Of Any State Of Coherence And Polarization And The Fresnel-Arago Interference Laws" (2004). Scopus Export 2000s. 5647.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/5647