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The van Cittert-Zernike Coherence Theorem
D-211
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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