Propagation Of Gaussian Schell-Model Beams: A Matrix Method

Jari Turunen; Ari T Friberg

doi:10.1117/12.938409

31 October 1986 Propagation Of Gaussian Schell-Model Beams: A Matrix Method

Jari Turunen, Ari T Friberg

Proceedings Volume 0655, Optical System Design, Analysis, Production for Advanced Technology Systems; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938409
Event: 1986 International Symposium/Innsbruck, 1986, Innsbruck, Austria

Abstract

The powerful ABCD-matrix method, originally devised in geometrical optics and later generalized for gaussian laser beams, is extended here into the domain of partially coherent, gaussian Schell-model beams. The method is then applied to derive the closed-form, coherence-dependent imaging laws for gaussian Schell-model sources. Several applications of the formalism, such as the evaluation of the focal shift in optical systems under partially coherent illumination, are pointed out. The fully coherent (laser) and the fully incoherent (geometrical optics) limits of imaging are discussed, and some equivalence laws between imaging of laser sources and gaussian Schell-model sources are presented.

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Jari Turunen and Ari T Friberg "Propagation Of Gaussian Schell-Model Beams: A Matrix Method", Proc. SPIE 0655, Optical System Design, Analysis, Production for Advanced Technology Systems, (31 October 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.938409

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