04. Coherence (temporal and spatial coherence, Van Cittert-Zernike)

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0:46 Basic explanation of coherence, fringe visibility, and correlations
3:24 How the nature of the source affects correlations and coherence. Temporal coherence.
5:25 Spatial coherence, and its relation to source size
7:31 Overview of coherence, temporal coherence, and spatial coherence
8:41 Time-averaged intensity and time-dependent complex fields
12:05 Young's double slit experiment
15:17 Time average of fluctuating phase factors
17:13 Mutual coherence function, mutual intensity, complex degree of coherence
19:12 Temporal coherence, Michelson interferometer
22:13 Fourier transform spectroscopy
22:47 Optical coherence tomography
23:26 Propagation of temporally partially coherent fields
25:19 Propagation of spatially partially coherent fields
27:30 Van Cittert-Zernike theorem
29:55 Propagation of spatially partially coherent fields using mode decomposition
31:51 Measures for the degree of coherence

Other sources:

Optics: Two-beam interference - collimated beams | MIT Video Demonstrations in Lasers and Optics
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Optics: Coherence length and source spectrum | MIT Video Demonstrations in Lasers and Optics
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Statistical Optics, Joseph W. Goodman

Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics, Leonard Mandel and Emil Wolf

Emil Wolf, "New theory of partial coherence in the space–frequency domain. Part I: spectra and cross spectra of steady-state sources," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72, 343-351 (1982)