R Martínez-Herrero et al 2004 J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 6 S67 doi:10.1088/1464-4258/6/3/012
R Martínez-Herrero, G Piquero and P M Mejías
Show affiliationsOn the basis of the second-order intensity moments formalism, the relationship between the spatial structure and the overall polarization characteristics of partially polarized Gaussian Schell-model beams of a certain kind has been investigated. More specifically, attention has been focused on a type of source that cannot be distinguished from ordinary Gaussian Schell-model fields when polarization measurements are disregarded. For this class of beams several general properties have been obtained that enable us to link the beam coherence polarization matrix and the beam quality parameter with certain polarization degrees recently introduced in the literature.
42.60.Jf Beam characteristics: profile, intensity, and power; spatial pattern formation
Issue 3 (March 2004)
Received 11 September 2003, accepted for publication 9 January 2004
Published 24 February 2004
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