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张利剑 lijian.zhang@nju.edu.cn 025 Week 18 Advanced Optics I Coherent optics 1 Coherent (statistical) optics Statistical optics is the study of randomness of light arising from 1. light source, e.g. hot object that is a collection of large number of atoms 2. propagating medium, e.g. scattering from rough surfaces Also known as theory of optical coherence. 2 Statistical optics (a) a monochromatic spherica