Abstract
We introduce a new class of partially coherent sources of Schell type with cosine-Gaussian spectral degree of coherence and confirm that such sources are physically genuine. Further, we derive the expression for the cross-spectral density function of a beam generated by the novel source propagating in free space and analyze the evolution of the spectral density and the spectral degree of coherence. It is shown that at sufficiently large distances from the source the degree of coherence of the propagating beam assumes Gaussian shape while the spectral density takes on the dark-hollow profile.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2578-2580 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Optics Letters |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 14 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 15 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics