Are coherent and incoherent waves visible to the human eye?

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Yes, both coherent and incoherent waves can be seen by the naked eye. However, we cannot detect whether the wave is coherent or incoherent. This is because the incoherent waves have different frequencies which cannot be distinguished by the human eye. We have can only see lights of specific waveleng

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