Piquero Sanz, Gemma MaríaMartínez Herrero, María RosarioMejías Arias, Pedro Miguel2023-06-202023-06-2020020-8194-4727-710.1117/12.472044https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/60796© 2003 SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Annual Boulder Damage Symposium on Optical Materials for High-Power Lasers (34ª. 2002. Boulder, Colorado, EE.UU.) / International Workshop on Laser Beam and Optics Characterization (7º. 2002. Boulder, Colorado, EE.UU.).The behaviour of the so-called generalized degree of polarization of partially-coherent partially-polarized beams upon free propagation is investigated. On the basis of this parameter a general classification scheme of partially polarized beams is proposed. The results are applied to certain classes of fields of special interest.book parthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.472044http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.orgmetadata only access535Parametric CharacterizationSemiconductor-LaserOptical-SystemsMatrixLawsÓptica (Física)2209.19 Óptica Física