A reciprocity inequality for Gaussian Schell-model beams and some of its consequences

Journal Article · Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 2000 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.25.000366· OSTI ID:20215720

Friberg, Ari T; Visser, Taco D; Wolf, Emil

A reciprocity inequality is derived, involving the effective size of a planar, secondary, Gaussian Schell-model source and the effective angular spread of the beam that the source generates. The analysis is shown to imply that a fully spatially coherent source of that class (which generates the lowest-order Hermite-Gaussian laser mode) has certain minimal properties. (c) 2000 Optical Society of America.

• OSTI ID: 20215720
• Journal Information: Optics Letters, Vol. 25, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: 15 Mar 2000; ISSN 0146-9592
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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COHERENT RADIATION
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GAUSS FUNCTION
THEORETICAL DATA