Using coherence to measure two-time correlation functions

Opt Express. 2003 Sep 22;11(19):2268-77. doi: 10.1364/oe.11.002268.

Abstract

An introduction to x-ray intensity fluctuation spectroscopy is given by describing its relationship to speckle from coherent sources. Its use to measure two-time correlation functions is demonstrated using the equilibrium fluctuations of gold colloids in polystyrene and for non-equilibrium fluctuations in the unmixing below the miscibility gap in AlLi.