Английская Википедия:Coherence time

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Шаблон:For For an electromagnetic wave, the coherence time is the time over which a propagating wave (especially a laser or maser beam) may be considered coherent, meaning that its phase is, on average, predictable.

In long-distance transmission systems, the coherence time may be reduced by propagation factors such as dispersion, scattering, and diffraction.

The coherence time, usually designated Шаблон:Mvar, is calculated by dividing the coherence length by the phase velocity of light in a medium; approximately given by <math display="block">\tau = \frac{1}{\Delta \nu} \approx \frac{\lambda^2}{c\, \Delta \lambda}</math> where Шаблон:Mvar is the central wavelength of the source, Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math is the spectral width of the source in units of frequency and wavelength respectively, and Шаблон:Math is the speed of light in vacuum.

A single mode fiber laser has a linewidth of a few kHz, corresponding to a coherence time of a few hundred microseconds. Hydrogen masers have linewidth around 1 Hz, corresponding to a coherence time of about one second.[1] Their coherence length approximately corresponds to the distance from the Earth to the Moon.

As of 2022, research groups worldwide have demonstrated superconducting qubits with coherence times up to several 100 µs.[2]

See also

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References

  1. Шаблон:Cite web - Precision measurements with atomic hydrogen masers
  2. Шаблон:Cite web