УДК: 535.412.5

The coherent properties of laser sources in interferometry and holography

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Лукин А.В. К вопросу о когерентных свойствах лазерных источников в интерферометрии и голографии // Оптический журнал. 2012. Т. 79. № 3. С. 91–96.

Lukin A. V. The coherent properties of laser sources in interferometry and holography [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2012. V. 79. № 3. P. 91–96.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. V. Lukin, "The coherent properties of laser sources in interferometry and holography," Journal of Optical Technology. 79(3), 194-197 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.79.000194

Abstract:

This paper demonstrates how the degree of temporal coherence of the radiation of gas-discharge and semiconductor lasers depends on the discharge current (the pump current) and diffraction losses. Experimental results obtained by means of a Fabry–Perot etalon and an equal-arm Michelson interferometer with a diffraction grating are presented.

Keywords:

coherence, interferometry, holography, visibility of interference bands

OCIS codes: 120.3180

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