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What is the best way to calculate the coherence length of a laser?
Calculating the coherence length of a laser
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Depends on what information you have to start with.
One way is to take the Fourier transform of the laser spectrum to gain the coherence time, then multiply by c to get the coherence length.
Claude.
One way is to take the Fourier transform of the laser spectrum to gain the coherence time, then multiply by c to get the coherence length.
Claude.
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