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Re: A list of textbook miscon: spatial coherence

On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 SCIAMANDA@edinboro.edu wrote:

William Beaty wrote:
(By "coherent" I mean "having large spatial coherence length.)

William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website

Bill,
Before this discussion gets mired in semantics, let me just point out
that you seem to be confusing what I believe to be the common notions
of spatial vs. temporal coherence:

Hi Bob! What part of my long diatribe seems to be discussing temporal
coherence? While writing it, I was visualizing a set of atoms which emit
perfectly monochromatic light ("temporally coherent"), so temporal
coherence issues can be ignored. Either some of my thoughts are confused,
or I didn't succeed in stating them clearly.



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