General conception of a Gaussian light beam

Won Don Joo

doi:10.1117/12.2298916

1 September 1996 General conception of a Gaussian light beam

Won Don Joo

Proceedings Volume 2778, 17th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for Science and New Technology; 27780Y (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2298916
Event: 17th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for Science and New Technology, 1996, Taejon, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

Propagation of a general incoherent Gaussian light beam in free space and through an optical system in paraxial approximation is considered. It is shown that such a beam is described using the same parameters as for a classical coherent Gaussian beam. Kogelnik's " A BCD" law is also true for a general Gaussian beam.

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Won Don Joo "General conception of a Gaussian light beam", Proc. SPIE 2778, 17th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics for Science and New Technology, 27780Y (1 September 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2298916

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