Which phenomenon reduces fringe visibility with temporally incoherent light?

💡 Explanation

Temporal coherence defines a maximum path difference for interference; above this, fringes vanish because superposition relies on consistent phase relationships, rather than random phasing. Therefore, exceeding coherence length eliminates interference, rather than polarization or diffraction effects.

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