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Photonics Research, Volume. 5, Issue 3, 156(2017)

Measurement of the degree of temporal coherence of unpolarized light beams

Lasse-Petteri Leppänen^*, Kimmo Saastamoinen, Ari T. Friberg, and Tero Setälä

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Institute of Photonics, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland

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Category: Physical Optics

Received: Jan. 24, 2017

Accepted: Mar. 7, 2017

Published Online: Oct. 9, 2018

The Author Email: Lasse-Petteri Leppänen (lasse-petteri.leppanen@uef.fi)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.5.000156

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