Those sources where the
radiation has a constant phase relationship between waves spatially as well as temporally,
e.g. lasers. Non-coherent optical sources emit radiation which is randomly distributed
in phase, spatially as well as temporally. Most sources which are used in
spectroscopy and for spectrochemical analysis conform to this latter group.
Source:
PAC, 1985, 57, 1453
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - V: Radiation
sources (Recommendations 1985))
on page 1456
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
