From Hanbury–Brown and Twiss Experiment to the Second-Order Double-Slit Interference for Incoherent Light

doi:10.1007/s11467-005-0017-1

Front. Phys.

2006, Vol. 1

Issue (1) : 54-66 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-005-0017-1

From Hanbury–Brown and Twiss Experiment to the Second-Order Double-Slit Interference for Incoherent Light

WANG Kai-ge¹, XIONG Jun², GAO Lu²

1.Department of Physics, Applied Optics Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 34014 Trieste, Italy; 2.Department of Physics, Applied Optics Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;

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Abstract In this review article, we discuss both experimentally and theoretically the second-order double-slit interference for a thermal light source which is random in transverse propagating direction. We show that when the bandwidth of the noise spectrum is increased, the first-order interference pattern disappears while the sub-wavelength pattern fringe emerges in the intensity correlation measurement. Our theoretical description, which is carried out in contrast with coherent light and two-photon state sources, demonstrates that this effect can be explained in accordance with the Hanbury Brown and Twiss experiment.

Issue Date: 05 March 2006

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XIONG Jun,WANG Kai-ge,GAO Lu. From Hanbury–Brown and Twiss Experiment to the Second-Order Double-Slit Interference for Incoherent Light[J]. Front. Phys. , 2006, 1(1): 54-66.

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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fop/EN/Y2006/V1/I1/54

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