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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: coherence length
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Definition: the propagation distance over which propagating optical radiation may be considered to be coherent radiation

NOTE – If the spectral linewidth of the source is Δλ and the central wavelength is λ0, the coherence length in a medium of refractive index n is approximately λ02/n.Δ.λ.


Publication date:1991-10
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