Effective spatial and angular correlations in beams of any state of spatial coherence and an associated phase-space product

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作者
Ponomarenko, SA [1 ]
Wolf, E
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[2] Univ Rochester, Rochester Theory Ctr Opt Sci & Engn, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
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10.1364/OL.26.000122
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We study effective spatial and angular correlations in beams of any state of spatial coherence, and we introduce a phase-space product, Q, which takes these correlations into account. This phase-space product is shown to reduce to the conventional beam-quality factor M-2 when the beam is spatially fully coherent. We also determine the lower bound for the value of Q and demonstrate that it is attained for all Gaussian Schell-model beams. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.
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