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Derivation · draft

The van Cittert-Zernike Coherence Theorem

D-211 Home PU-206 Threads light · waves · chance Depends on Fraunhofer Diffraction as a Fourier Transform, fourier-transform-pairs
Statement

Show that the complex degree of spatial coherence of light from an incoherent extended source equals the normalized Fourier transform of its intensity distribution.

Depends on

Fraunhofer Diffraction as a Fourier Transform, fourier-transform-pairs

Used by

PU-206/L22