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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-749-0
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2003.238207
