Explanation of the law of conservation of radiance using the theory of partial coherence

Jose G. Suarez-Romero; Eduardo Tepichin-Rodriguez

doi:10.1117/12.437181

14 August 2001 Explanation of the law of conservation of radiance using the theory of partial coherence

Jose G. Suarez-Romero, Eduardo Tepichin-Rodriguez

Proceedings Volume 4419, 4th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 7th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.437181
Event: IV Iberoamerican Meeting of Optics and the VII Latin American Meeting of Optics, Lasers and Their Applications, 2001, Tandil, Argentina

Abstract

The radiance and the law of conservation of radiance are two concepts created in an effort to explain experimental observations with extended incoherent sources. In this work we show that such observations are an effect of the partial coherence of the optical fields and that they can be explained by calculating the irradiance of the diffraction pattern of apertures with partial coherent illumination.

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Jose G. Suarez-Romero and Eduardo Tepichin-Rodriguez "Explanation of the law of conservation of radiance using the theory of partial coherence", Proc. SPIE 4419, 4th Iberoamerican Meeting on Optics and 7th Latin American Meeting on Optics, Lasers, and Their Applications, (14 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.437181

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