Coherent-mode decomposition of partially polarized, partially coherent sources

It is shown that any partially polarized, partially coherent source can be expressed in terms of a suitable superposition of transverse coherent modes with orthogonal polarization states. Such modes are determined through the solution of a system of two coupled integral equations. An example, for wh...

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Autores: Piquero Sanz, Gemma María, Gori, Franco, Santarsiero, Massimo, Simon, Raja, Borghi, Riccardo, Guattari, Giorgio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/50879
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50879
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:535
Hermite-Gaussian Modes
Laser-Beams
Multimode Lasers
Light-Beams
Propagation
Intensity
Field
Quality
Pulses
Matrix
Óptica (Física)
2209.19 Óptica Física
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Sumario:It is shown that any partially polarized, partially coherent source can be expressed in terms of a suitable superposition of transverse coherent modes with orthogonal polarization states. Such modes are determined through the solution of a system of two coupled integral equations. An example, for which the modal decomposition is obtained in closed form in terms of fully linearly polarized Hermite Gaussian modes, is given.