EXPERIMENTAL-VERIFICATION OF CROSS SPECTRAL PURITY IN COHERENCE THEORY

Authors
KANDPAL HC SAXENA K MEHTA DS VAISHYA JS JOSHI KC
Citation
Hc. Kandpal et al., EXPERIMENTAL-VERIFICATION OF CROSS SPECTRAL PURITY IN COHERENCE THEORY, Optics communications, 99(3-4), 1993, pp. 157-161
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
99
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
157 - 161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1993)99:3-4<157:EOCSPI>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Experimental verification of the theoretical prediction by Mandel [J. Opt. Soc. Am. 51 (1961) 1342] on spectral changes in a superposition e xperiment has been carried out. It has been shown that when the condit ion for interference DELTAnuT << 1 (DELTAnu is the band width of the s pectral profile and T is the time delay between the two interfering be ams) is satisfied, spectral modulation is observed for spectrally impu re light. In this case the interference fringes show detailed colourin g impressed on them.