RT Journal Article T1 Beam quality changes in Hermite-Gauss mode fields propagating through Gaussian apertures A1 Serna Galán, Julio A1 Martínez Herrero, Rosario A1 Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel AB The beam quality behavior of Hermite-Gauss laser modes propagating through Gaussian apertures is analyzed. PB The Optical Society of America SN 0003-6935 YR 1993 FD 1993-03-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58608 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58608 LA eng NO 1. J. Serna, R. Martínez-Herrero, and P. M. Mejías, "Parametric characterization of general partially coherent beams propagating through ABCD optical systems," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 8, 1096-1100(1991).2. J. Serna, P. M. Mejías, and R. Martínez-Herrero, "Beam quality dependence on the coherence length of Gaussian Schell-model fields propagating through ABCD optical systems," J. Mod. Opt. 39, 625-635 (1992).3. S. Lavi, R. Prochaska, and E. Keren, "Generalized beam parameters and transformation laws for partially coherent light," Appl. Opt. 27, 3696-3703 (1988).4. R. Simon, N. Mukunda, and E. C. G. Sudarshan, "Partially coherent beams and a generalized ABCD law," Opt. Commun. 65, 322-328 (1988).5. A. E. Siegman, "New developments in laser resonators," in Optical Resonators, D. A. Holmes, ed., Proc. Soc. Photo-Opt. Instrum. Eng. 1224, 2-20 (1990).6. R. Martínez-Herrero and P. M. Mejías, "Beam characterization through active media," Opt. Commun. 85, 162-166 (1991).7. J. Serna, P. M. Mejías, and R. Martínez-Herrero, "Beam quality in monomode diode lasers," Opt. Quantum Electron. 24,5881-5887(1992).8. J. Serna, P. M. Mejías, and R. Martínez-Herrero, "Beam quality changes of Gaussian Schell-model fields propagating through Gaussian apertures," Appl. Opt. 31, 4330-4332 (1992). 9. M. J. Bastiaans, "Application of the Wigner distribution function to partially coherent light," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 3, 1227-1246 (1986).10. I. S. Gradshteyn and I. M. Ryzhik, Table of Integrals, Series and Products (Academic, New York, 1965). NO © 1993 The Optical Society of America.We are grateful to A. E. Siegman for proposing the problem treated in this paper. We also thank the Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología of Spain, under project ROB90-539, for financial support. NO Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología of Spain DS Docta Complutense RD 4 may 2024