%0 Journal Article
%A Piquero Sanz, Gemma María
%A Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel
%A Martínez Herrero, María Rosario
%T On the propagation of the kurtosis parameter of general beams
%D 1995
%@ 0030-4018
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58853
%X The behaviour of the kurtosis parameter of a partially coherent beam that freely propagates is investigated. A general classification scheme of light beams is given in terms of the number of extremals of the kurtosis in free space. Propagation through ABCD optical systems is also considered and a number of general properties of the kurtosis parameter are provided concerning the relationship between the extremals of the kurtosis and the position of the beam waist.
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