Open AccessParaxial propagation of a class of Bessel-correlated fields
Author(s) -
Atri Halder,
Matias Koivurova,
Henri Partanen,
Jari Turunen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.26.011055
Subject(s) - paraxial approximation , optics , degree of coherence , physics , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , bessel function , interferometry , geometrical optics , mutual coherence , coherence theory , coherence length , beam (structure) , quantum mechanics , superconductivity
The propagation of a novel class of paraxial spatially partially coherent beams exhibiting Bessel-type correlations is studied in free space and in paraxial optical systems. We show that, under certain conditions, such beams can have functionally identical forms of the absolute value of the complex degree of spatial coherence not only at the source plane and in the far zone, but also at all finite propagation distances. Under these conditions the degree of spatial coherence properties of the field is a shape-invariant quantity, but the spatial intensity distribution is only approximately shape-invariant. The main properties of this class of model beams are demonstrated experimentally by passing a coherent Gaussian beam through a rotating wedge and measuring the coherence of the ensuing beams with a Young-type interferometer realized with a digital micromirror device.