Correlations in interference and diffraction
Quantum Physics
2017-07-12 v1
Abstract
Quantum formalism of Fraunhofer diffraction is obtained. The state of the diffraction optical field is connected with the state of the incident optical field by a diffraction factor. Based on this formalism, correlations of the diffraction modes are calculated with different kinds of incident optical fields. Influence of correlations of the incident modes on the diffraction pattern is analyzed and an explanation of the ''ghost'' diffraction is proposed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9706042,
title = {Correlations in interference and diffraction},
author = {Lu-Ming Duan and Guang-Can Guo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9706042},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
16 pages, 2 figures, Latex, to appear in J. Mod. Opt