Coherence and polarization of electromagnetic beams modulated by random phase screens and their changes through complex ABCD optical systems

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2338-2346

  Hanson, Steen G ^a   Wang, Wei ^b   Jakobsen, Michael L ^a   Takeda, Mitsuo ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLARIZATION; PROJECTION SCREENS;

ABCD OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COMPLEX OPTICAL SYSTEMS; DEGREE OF POLARIZATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC BEAMS; FRACTIONAL FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL SYSTEMS; GAUSSIAN TRANSMISSIONS; MATRIX ELEMENTS; MATRIX THEORIES; PHASE SCREENS; PROPAGATING FIELDS; RANDOM PHASE SCREENS; SPATIAL COHERENCES;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 56849083297     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.002338     Document Type: Article

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