Huygens Optics | Coherence in star light @HuygensOptics | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This short discusses (very briefly) the difference between temporal and spatial incoherence. It also contains a wave animation of a telescope mirror that concentrates a field on a sensor.
Of those of you who want to know more about coherence I made these videos:
Temporal coherence: youtube.com/watch?v=dtcq5b0R65w
Spatial coherence: youtube.com/watch?v=nba4ztLBEh0
Presented here are 2D-animations of a field, which means that the intensity of the focused light at the sensor increases with the diameter of the mirror. In a 3D scenario however, the intensity increases with the square of the diameter of the mirror, leading to a much larger difference between the incoming and focused radiation intensity.
Simulations were created using the python code supplied by @DiffractionLimited
The simulation image file can be downloaded from:
huygensoptics.com/2D_wave_sims/telescope_incoherent_light.png
Milky Way picture by Philippe Donn
#short #light #physics #optics
This short discusses (very briefly) the difference between temporal and spatial incoherence. It also contains a wave animation of a telescope mirror that concentrates a field on a sensor.
Of those of you who want to know more about coherence I made these videos:
Temporal coherence: youtube.com/watch?v=dtcq5b0R65w
Spatial coherence: youtube.com/watch?v=nba4ztLBEh0
Presented here are 2D-animations of a field, which means that the intensity of the focused light at the sensor increases with the diameter of the mirror. In a 3D scenario however, the intensity increases with the square of the diameter of the mirror, leading to a much larger difference between the incoming and focused radiation intensity.
Simulations were created using the python code supplied by @DiffractionLimited
The simulation image file can be downloaded from:
huygensoptics.com/2D_wave_sims/telescope_incoherent_light.png
Milky Way picture by Philippe Donn
#short #light #physics #optics