Simulation of Coherence Vortices from Spatially Incoherent Sources of Distinct Wavelengths
摘要
Coherence vortices are the phase singularities of complex coherence function, whereas conventional optical vortices are related to the phase singularities of coherent fields. Lately, optical vortex beams have been realised by introducing lateral shear and a linear phase difference between two out-of-phase Gaussian beams. In this work, the generation of coherence vortices from two quasimonochromatic, spatially incoherent light sources has been theoretically investigated. It is accomplished by simulating the superposition of the spatial coherence functions of two incoherent sources with different central wavelengths. The proposed scheme can be practically implemented using a shearing interferometer setup.