Abstract
Diffraction and interferometry with fast pulses are analyzed for the case that the fields are partially correlated in time and in space. This generalizes a previous work[Schoonover et al., J. Mod. Opt. 55, 1541 (2008)], where only the temporal correlations of pulsed fields were considered in a Young's interferometer. The meaning of the interferograms is addressed for measurements taken in the near, Fresnel, and far zones of the source. It is shown that single-shot measurements cannot generally be used to infer statistical properties of the source, rather, data averaged over many pulses must be used.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1945-1953 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| State | Published - Sep 1 2009 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition