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What is the reason two rays originally polarized orthogonally but were rotated to parallel polarization does not visibly interfere even slightly?
The Fresnel–Arago laws by Augustin-Jean Fresnel and François Arago summarise some of the more important properties of interference between light of different states of polarization.
The laws are as ...
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Can we achieve coherence/high directivity by polarisation?
I can understand little bit what coherence means and little bit what is polarisation means. The question is there a way to achieve coherence by polarisation? Specifically consider a source of dipole. ...
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Coherent vs In Phase vs Polarized Light [duplicate]
What are the distinct differences, if any, between Coherent Light, Light that is In Phase, and Polarized Light?
Also: I have found conflicting definitions of coherent light, where one definition is "...
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Polarized Coherent Beam Hits a Polarizer Off-Polarization Angle While Varying Distance?
Just wondering about an experiment that should be easy to perform on an optical bench:
A coherent beam is polarized. It then hits another polarizer which is set to permit a polarization angle off ...
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Coherent Polarization Beam Combination
All the papers I have read regarding coherent polarization beam combination split laser beams and then coherently combine the components. But is it possible to coherently combine two different lasers ...
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Connection between Polarization and Coherence in optics
It is not completely clear to me how the notions of polarization and coherence, in optics, work together! I quite understand both of them but it's still hard to grasp their deep connection.
I'm quite ...
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Convert normal white light to laser-like light?
Is there a probable device that can convert white light to laser-like light without the need of an electrical stage in-between?
I'm thinking of something along this level. A very precise filter and ...
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Can polarization effect the coherence length?
I'm taking an optics lab in which I'm required to construct an interferometer, and measure the wavelength of a laser, and the coherence length of the light emitted from a candle fire.
Now, I've been ...
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Coherency matrix of partially polarized light doesn't contain all information on polarization state?
The electric field of quasi-monochromatic, partially polarized light can be expressed by the following random process (Goodman, Statistical optics)
$$\bar{E}(t,\bar{x})=u_{x}(t,\bar{x})\bar{e}_{x}+u_{...
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Are two polarization states of light coherent?
Let's consider a situation: we have distant point source of unpolarized light in certain non-zero range of wavelengths (it's polychromatic). Let's divide this light into 2 beams depending on ...
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