Effects of coherence on the degree of polarization in a Young interference pattern

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作者：

Gori, F

Santarsiero, M

Borghi, R

Wolf, E

机构：

[1] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Fis, I-00146 Rome, Italy

[2] CNR, INFM, I-00146 Rome, Italy

[3] Univ Roma Tre, Dipartimento Elettron Applicata, I-00146 Rome, Italy

[4] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2006年 / 31卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.31.000688

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Recent predictions concerning the relationship between the degree of polarization at a typical point of a Young interference pattern and the degree of coherence of the electromagnetic field at the pinholes are tested by a simple experiment. In particular, it is shown that light that is completely unpolarized at the pinholes can become partially polarized across the fringe pattern. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America.

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页码：688 / 690

页数：3

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