Interference of nonlinear optical signals generated by multimode lasers: analogy to holography by incoherent light

Garry Berkovic; Ekaterina Schwarzberg

doi:10.1117/12.151127

13 August 1993 Interference of nonlinear optical signals generated by multimode lasers: analogy to holography by incoherent light

Garry Berkovic, Ekaterina Schwarzberg

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Proceedings Volume 1972, 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel: Optoelectronics and Applications in Industry and Medicine; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.151127
Event: 8th Meeting in Israel on Optical Engineering, 1992, Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

We examine how two nonlinear optical signals generated by a multimode laser will interfere. This interference is shown to be analogous to linear interference with partially coherent light. Consequently, we demonstrate an interferometric method for determining the temporal and spatial coherence of a laser, which features no moving parts and does not require precise ultrashort mechanical translations.

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Garry Berkovic and Ekaterina Schwarzberg "Interference of nonlinear optical signals generated by multimode lasers: analogy to holography by incoherent light", Proc. SPIE 1972, 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel: Optoelectronics and Applications in Industry and Medicine, (13 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.151127

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