THE CHANGE OF WIDTH FOR A PARTIALLY COHERENT BEAM ON PARAXIAL PROPAGATION

被引:72
作者
GORI, F [1 ]
SANTARSIERO, M [1 ]
SONA, A [1 ]
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[1] CISE SPA,MILAN,ITALY
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10.1016/0030-4018(91)90444-I
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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It is shown that for paraxially propagating beams of any state of coherence, the width changes along the propagation axis with the same law as that of a gaussian beam. A quality factor related to the rate of width change can then be defined. A formula expressing this quality factor in terms of the cross spectral density across the beam is derived.
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