Symmetries in Coherent and Partially Coherent Fields
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Optica Acta: International Journal of Optics
- Vol. 30 (4) , 399-402
- https://doi.org/10.1080/713821222
Abstract
The operator form of the solution for the wave equation is employed to indicate the symmetry properties of the diffracted field under coherent and partially coherent illumination. Such symmetries are of interest in holography, phase conjugation, and for automatic focusing.Keywords
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