Abstract

The general problem of multiple-beam interference with partially coherent quasimonochromatic light is discussed. Both one-dimensional and two-dimensional regular and irregular arrays of apertures are treated. The coherence functions that are dealt with here are those arising naturally from incoherent, quasimonochromatic slit and circular sources, i.e., sinx/x and 2J₁(x)/x correlation functions. Several experimental examples are included.

© 1966 Optical Society of America

Diffraction by Apertures Illuminated with Partially Coherent Light*

Robert A. Shore, Brian J. Thompson, and Robert E. Whitney
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(6) 733-738 (1966)

Two-Beam Interference with Partially Coherent Light

B. J. Thompson and E. Wolf
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 47(10) 895-902 (1957)

Properties of Partially Coherent Light*

J. G. Meadors and W. S. C. Chang
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(7) 865-868 (1966)

Illustration of the Phase Change in Two-Beam Interference with Partially Coherent Light

B. J. Thompson
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 48(2) 95-97 (1958)

Effects of Partial Coherence on Holography with Diffuse Illumination

M. Lurie
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 56(10) 1369-1372 (1966)