Storage and retrieval of coherence functions using instantaneous holograms Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • A novel method is described for storing and retrieving the second-order correlation function of partially coherent fields. The key element of the method is an instantaneous hologram that records the superposition of a random field whose correlation function is to be determined and the mutually incoherent reference field, taken over a time interval that is much shorter than the coherence time of the random field. The method is somewhat similar to conventional holography, but differs from it in several important respects.

published proceedings

  • Proceedings of SPIE

author list (cited authors)

  • Shirai, T., Wolf, E., Agarwal, G. S., & Mandel, L.

complete list of authors

  • Shirai, Tomohiro||Wolf, Emil||Agarwal, Girish S||Mandel, Leonard

editor list (cited editors)

  • Glass, A. J., Goodman, J. W., Chang, M., Guenther, A. H., & Asakura, T.