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Phase Reversal Diffraction in incoherent light

Quantum Physics 2015-05-13 v1 Optics

Abstract

Phase reversal occurs in the propagation of an electromagnetic wave in a negatively refracting medium or a phase-conjugate interface. Here we report the experimental observation of phase reversal diffraction without the above devices. Our experimental results and theoretical analysis demonstrate that phase reversal diffraction can be formed through the first-order field correlation of chaotic light. The experimental realization is similar to phase reversal behavior in negatively refracting media.

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@article{arxiv.0908.1522,
  title  = {Phase Reversal Diffraction in incoherent light},
  author = {Su-Heng Zhang and Shu Gan and De-Zhong Cao and Jun Xiong and Xiangdong Zhang and Kaige Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.1522},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages, 5 figures

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