• DocumentCode
    126100
  • Title

    Transient first-order interference of two independent thermal light beams

  • Author

    Jianbin Liu ; Mingnan Le ; Bin Bai ; Wentao Wang ; Zhuo Xu

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. Mater. Res. Lab., Xi´an Jiaotong Univ., Xi´an, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    16-23 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    By analyzing the first-order interference of two independent thermal light beams in Feynman´s path integral theory, we conclude that it is impossible to observe the transient first-order interference pattern by superposing two independent thermal light beams if the initial phases of the photons in thermal light are random. The result suggests that the classical model of thermal light field within the coherence time may not be the same as the one of laser light field within the coherence time.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; light interference; Feynman path integral theory; coherence time; independent thermal light beams; laser light field; transient first-order interference; Coherence; Interference; Laser beams; Laser theory; Photonics; Probability distribution; Transient analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929465
  • Filename
    6929465
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=126100