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Frontiers in Optics

Bell’s Inequality in Classical Optical Coherence

Kumel H. Kagalwala, Giovanni Di Giuseppe, Ayman F. Abouraddy, Bahaa E. A. Saleh

Published Jan 1, 2012• 0 citations
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Abstract

We experimentally test Bell’s inequality using two correlated binary degrees of freedom (DOFs) of an optical beam: polarization and spatial parity; and show that this measure may be used to distinguish between intrinsic incoherence and acquired incoherence.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2012.fth4e.4

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