Fraunhofer diffraction and the state of polarization of partially coherent electromagnetic beams | Zendy

Yangyundou Wang | Zendy; Shenggang Yan | Zendy; Xiaofei Li | Zendy; Xianlong Liu | Zendy; Yangjian Cai | Zendy; Govind P. Agrawal | Zendy; Taco D. Visser | Zendy

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Fraunhofer diffraction and the state of polarization of partially coherent electromagnetic beams

Author(s) -

Yangyundou Wang,

Shenggang Yan,

Xiaofei Li,

Xianlong Liu,

Yangjian Cai,

Govind P. Agrawal,

Taco D. Visser

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

optics letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 272

eISSN - 1071-2763

pISSN - 0146-9592

DOI - 10.1364/ol.44.003330

Subject(s) - optics , diffraction , physics , polarization (electrochemistry) , aperture (computer memory) , ptychography , beam (structure) , light beam , near and far field , electromagnetic radiation , electromagnetic field , chemistry , quantum mechanics , acoustics

We generalize the concept of Fraunhofer diffraction to partially coherent electromagnetic beams and show how the state of polarization is affected by a circular aperture. It is illustrated that the far-zone properties of a random beam can be tuned by varying the aperture radius. We find that even an incident beam that is completely unpolarized can sometimes produce a field that is highly polarized.

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