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Coherence: qualitative

Geoffrey Brooker

Published Aug 27, 1992• 0 citations
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Abstract

Abstract Real light is not exactly monochromatic, but contains a range of frequencies. A single spectral line covers a frequency range, its linewidth, typically a few gigahertz. Even the output from a laser contains a range of frequencies.
DOI
10.1093/oso/9780198599647.003.0009

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