Diffraction of Partially Coherent Light by a Plane Aperture
- 1 January 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics
- Vol. 8 (1), 93-102
- https://doi.org/10.1080/713826362
Abstract
Using the formulation of coherence theory as introduced by Wolf, the diffraction of partially coherent light is discussed. The mutual coherence function and the intensity distribution are computed for a plane slit illuminated by coherent, partially coherent and incoherent light. The results are plotted and discussed.Keywords
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