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Optics Letters

Interferometry from a scattering medium

Z. Wang, Andrew M. Weiner, Kevin John Webb

Published Jul 3, 2007• 3 citations
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Abstract

A two-beam random interferometer is demonstrated where coupling is facilitated by a scattering medium. A modulation observed in the normalized second-order intensity frequency correlation of the transmitted light is attributed to the relative temporal delay of the two beams and is insensitive to beam alignment and spacing.
DOI
10.1364/ol.32.002013

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