Review Article

Interference of Light in a Michelson-Morley Interferometer: A Quantum Optical Approach

Figure 5

The same as in Figure 4 but with thermal light in both ports with 𝑇 1 = 1 . 0 1 𝑇 0 (upper curve), 𝑇 1 = 0 . 9 9 𝑇 0 (lower curve), and 𝑇 1 = 𝑇 0 (solid line). The vertical dashed line corresponds to the thermal coherence length 𝑙 𝑐 = 𝑐 𝜏 𝑐 with 𝜏 𝑐 𝑘 𝐵 𝑇 1 / 1 . 5 .
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