TY - JOUR AU - Piquero Sanz, Gemma María AU - Mejías Arias, Pedro Miguel AU - Martínez Herrero, Rosario PY - 1995 DO - 10.1016/0030-4018(95)00012-W SN - 0030-4018 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58853 T2 - Optics Communications AB - 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... LA - eng M2 - 225 PB - Elsevier Science BV KW - Wigner Distribution Function KW - First-Order Optical-Systems KW - ABCD-Law KW - Moments KW - Light TI - On the propagation of the kurtosis parameter of general beams TY - journal article VL - 115 ER -