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11 - Impact of Partial Coherence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Govind P. Agrawal
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University of Rochester, New York
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This chapter focuses on the impact of partial coherence on the propagation of optical beams inside a GRIN medium. Section 11.1 introduces the basic coherence-related concepts needed to understand the later material. Section 11.2 uses the evolution of cross-spectral density to study whether periodic self-imaging, an intrinsic property of a GRIN medium, is affected by partial coherence of an incoming beam. Section 11.3 employs the Gaussian-Schell model to discuss how the optical spectrum, the spectral intensity, and the degree of coherence associated with a Gaussian beam change with the beam’s propagation inside a GRIN medium. The focus of Section 11.4 is on Gaussian beams that are only partially polarized. The concept of the polarization matrix is used to study how the degree of polarization evolves when such a partially coherent Gaussian beam is transmitted through a GRIN medium

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Print publication year: 2023

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  • Impact of Partial Coherence
  • Govind P. Agrawal, University of Rochester, New York
  • Book: Physics and Engineering of Graded-Index Media
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009282086.012
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  • Govind P. Agrawal, University of Rochester, New York
  • Book: Physics and Engineering of Graded-Index Media
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009282086.012
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  • Impact of Partial Coherence
  • Govind P. Agrawal, University of Rochester, New York
  • Book: Physics and Engineering of Graded-Index Media
  • Online publication: 27 July 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009282086.012
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