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Partially coherent sources which generate far fields with the same spatial coherence properties

H.C. Kandpal, Emil Wolf

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A class of partially coherent model sources is described, which have different distributions of the intensity and of the degree of spatial coherence, but which generate fields with the same coherence properties throughout the far zone.

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A class of partially coherent model sources is described, which have different distributions of the intensity and of the degree of spatial coherence, but which generate fields with the same coherence properties throughout the far zone.

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A class of partially coherent model sources is described, which have different distributions of the intensity and of the degree of spatial coherence, but which generate fields with the same coherence properties throughout the far zone.

Key concepts: Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy), Spatial coherence, Degree of coherence, Coherence theory, Optics, Coherence time, Coherence length, Near and far field

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