• DocumentCode
    2669023
  • Title

    Direct measurement of spatial coherence of light in Wigner representation

  • Author

    Mukamel, E. ; Banaszek, Konrad ; Walmsley, I.A. ; Dorrer, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Clarendon Lab., Oxford Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We demonstrate experimentally a novel technique for characterizing transverse spatial coherence using the Wigner function, based on area-integrated detection of interference between a pair of rotated and displaced replicas of the input beam.
  • Keywords
    Wigner distribution; light coherence; light interference; Wigner representation; interference detection; spatial coherence; transverse spatial coherence; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical optical imaging; Interference; Mirrors; Optical beams; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optimized production technology; Radiation detectors; Spatial coherence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238207
  • Filename
    1276221