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Optics

self-imaging of a periodic grating at regular distances behind it when illuminated by coherent light.

In optics, Talbot effect refers to self-imaging of a periodic grating at regular distances behind it when illuminated by coherent light. This meaning comes from Talbot (1836) in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science.[1]

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Talbot, H. F. (1836). Facts relating to optical science. No. IV. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 9(56), 401-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786443608649032

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