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Experiments on partially coherent multiple-beam interference

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The intensity distribution in the interference pattern of a multiple-slit aperture illuminated with the partially coherent light is examined experimentally. The experimental results showing excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions indicate both a gradual loss in the contrast of interference fringes and a broadening of the principal maximum fringes with decreasing spatial coherence of the illumination.

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  1. Research Institute of Applied Electricity, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Hitoshi Fujii & Toshimitsu Asakura

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Fujii, H., Asakura, T. Experiments on partially coherent multiple-beam interference. Appl. Phys. 5, 71–75 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01193399

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