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Self-affinity in phase space.

T Alieva·M J Bastiaans
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The expression for the Wigner distribution (WD) in polar coordinates was derived, based on the decomposition of coherent and partially coherent fields on the orthogonal sets of Hermite-Gauss modes. This representation allows one to analyze easily the structure of the WD and to describe the field propagation through first-order optical systems, including the self-imaging phenomenon.

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T Alieva, M J Bastiaans. 2000. Self-affinity in phase space.. https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.17.000756

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