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

Authors
Friberg, AT Visser, TD Wolf, E
Citation
At. Friberg et al., A reciprocity inequality for Gaussian Schell-model beams and some of its consequences, OPTICS LETT, 25(6), 2000, pp. 366-368
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
366 - 368
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20000315)25:6<366:ARIFGS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A reciprocity inequality is derived, involving the effective size of a plan ar, secondary, Gaussian Schell-model source and the effective angular sprea d of the beam that the source generates. The analysis is shown to imply tha t a fully spatially coherent source of that class (which generates the lowe st-order Hermite-Gaussian laser mode) has certain minimal properties. (C) 2 000 Optical Society of America OCIS code: 030.1640.