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Location: | Optikos Corporation, 107 Audubon Road, Bldg. 3, Wakefield, MA 01880 |
| Dinner Reservation Deadline: | Friday, October 21, 2016 @ 6pm |
Coherence in Modern Optics
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Coherence manifests itself in many ways in optics and photonics. Well known are the classic phenomenon in which light from stellar objects gains coherence by mere propagation, the measurement of coherence by observing fringe visibility, coherence-induced changes of the spectrum even in free space, the intriguing polarization states and geometric phases of light beams, and many other fascinating effects. With the rapid development of near-field optics and nanophotonics, the theory of optical coherence has undergone important refinements so as to account for the various vectorial features of the light. In many instances the electromagnetic coherence properties have to be measured by means of nanoscatterers.
Partially polarized and temporally partially coherent light beams play central roles in metrology and optical instrumentation. Even fully unpolarized beams of light experience rapid polarization-state fluctuations that convey information about the source or the transmitting medium. Such ultrafast polarization dynamics and temporal coherence can be modelled theoretically and measured in a polarization-selective Michelson interferometer by using two-photon absorption. The so-called supercontinuum generated in a nonlinear optical fiber has an ultrabroad spectrum. Under a wide range of circumstances its coherence properties can be represented as a superposition of two contributions, a nearly coherent part and an almost incoherent component. These contributions can be controlled by the pump pulse, thereby leading to supercontinuum of tailored coherence.
Some novel imaging techniques involve intensity correlations. Optical coherence tomography is a versatile biomedical imaging method based on the interference of low-coherence light. The resolution could be improved through the use of intensity correlations, but the rapid intensity fluctuations in incoherent light cannot be measured. A novel quantum-inspired spectral intensity correlation approach only utilizes mean intensities, resulting in enhanced image resolution and dispersion cancellation. A remarkable intensity-based technique called ghost imaging utilizes two beams neither of which contains image information but their correlation makes the image of the target magically appear. This method has been transcribed into the time domain enabling fully distortion-insensitive ghost imaging of ultrafast temporal signals.
“Ghost imaging in the time domain,” Nature Photonics 10, 167 (2016)
MEETING SPONSORED BY
Ari T. Friberg, Institute of Photonics, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
Holds PhD (Rochester, 1979) and DSc Tech (Helsinki, 1993). Full-time Professor of physics at University of Eastern Finland (UEF) since 2013, Finnish Distinguished Professor (Aalto University and UEF) 2007-2012, Professor of optics at KTH Stockholm 1997-2007. Visiting appointments at Neuchâtel, Technical University Berlin, Imperial College London, and University of Rochester. Main research interests are optical physics, electromagnetic optics, and nanophotonics. Authored some 300 refereed journal articles. Fellow of OSA and SPIE, Senior member of IEEE. On editorial boards of several journals, e.g., Progress in Optics. Past President of International Commission for Optics (ICO), served on boards of European (EOS) and Swedish (SOS) Optical Societies, founding member and first President of Finnish Optical Society (FOS), currently on nominating committee of ICO, executive committee of European Physical Society (EPS), and scientific advisory committee of European Physical Journal (EPJ).
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