Meaning of quadratic structure functions
Abstract
Quadratic structure functions are sometimes used to describe the phase of partially coherent waves. The physical significance of such structure functions, that they describe a tilted but unwarped phase, limits their applicability to propagation calculations. Calculation of processes in which the principal effects are due to phase-front tilting may be simplified by recognizing that fact.
- Publication:
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Journal of the Optical Society of America (1917-1983)
- Pub Date:
- June 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1364/JOSA.70.000745
- Bibcode:
- 1980JOSA...70..745W
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Optics;
- Coherent Light;
- Light Transmission;
- Phase Coherence;
- Wave Functions;
- Aberration;
- Huygens Principle;
- Laser Outputs;
- Spherical Waves;
- Physics (General)