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Coherence and Path Indistinguishability for the Interference of Multiple Single-mode Fields

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10 August 2020

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Abstract
A well known result for the interference of two single-mode fields is that the degree of coherence and the degree of indistinguishablity are same when we consider the detection of a single photon. In this article we present the relation between degree of coherence, path indistinguishability and the fringe visibility considering interference of multiple number of single-mode fields while being interested in the detection of a single photon only . We will also mention how Born’s rule of interference for multiple sources is reflected in these results.
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Subject: Physical Sciences  -   Optics and Photonics
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