Issue |
J. Eur. Opt. Soc.-Rapid Publ.
Volume 1, 2006
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Article Number | 06016 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.2971/jeos.2006.06016 | |
Published online | 02 October 2006 |
Regular papers
Interference or not: analysis of Young’s experiment for a single-cycle pulse
Delft University of Technology, Department of Imaging Science and Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628CJ Delft, The Netherlands
Received:
22
August
2006
An analysis of Young’s interference experiment for single cycle pulses showing the time evolution of the interference pattern due to two square apertures is obtained in the Fresnel regime. The fact that the diffraction pattern from each aperture is not constant in time has consequences on the interference pattern. We have also analyzed the changes in the spectrum at different regions at the observation plane. This position-dependent spectrum results in frequency beating of the interference pattern for the case of two apertures.
Key words: Ultrafast phenomena / scalar diffraction / interference
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