Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

The Influence of Young’s Interference Experiment on the Development of Statistical Optics

Open Access Open Access

Abstract

Two hundred years ago, in 1807, Thomas Young described a two-pinhole interference experiment which, as is well known, has had a tremendous impact on physics. What is, however, not generally appreciated is that the experiment has also proved of basic importance for the development of statistical optics. In this talk we will trace the impact of the Young interference experiment on two main branches of statistical optics, namely on the theory of coherence and on the theory of polarization of light. We will then briefly outline recent researches which have led to the unification of these two disciplines. Article not available.

© 2007 Optical Society of America


More Like This
A Cascade of Singularities in Young’s Interference Experiment

Taco D. Visser
CMC3 Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics (CQO) 2007

Electromagnetic Coherence and Pancharatnam-Berry Phase in Young’s Interference Experiment

Ari T. Friberg, Jani Tervo, and Tero Setälä
CSuA28 Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics (CQO) 2007

A Cascade of Singularities in Young’s Interference Experiment

T.D. Visser and R.W. Schoonover
FTuH2 Frontiers in Optics (FiO) 2007

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved