%0 Journal Article
%A Serna Galán, Julio
%A Martínez Herrero, María Rosario
%A Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel
%T Parametric characterization of general partially coherent beams propagating through ABCD optical-systems
%D 1991
%@ 0740-3232
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58622
%X Within the formalism of the Wigner distribution function, a new parameter is proposed, which characterizes arbitrary tridimensional partially coherent beams and is invariant through ABCD optical systems. The relationship between such a parameter and the bidimensional concept of beam quality is analyzed. An absolute lower bound that the new parameter can reach is also shown.
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