Coherence is one of the most salient features of a laser beam,and laser beams which are not completely coherent,the so-called partially coherent beams,are preferred in many applications.The degrees of coherence of con...Coherence is one of the most salient features of a laser beam,and laser beams which are not completely coherent,the so-called partially coherent beams,are preferred in many applications.The degrees of coherence of conventional spatial partially coherent beams can be described by Gaussian distributions.Currently,more and more attention is being paid to partially coherent beams with prescribed degrees of coherence due to their extraordinary optical properties,such as self-focusing,self-shaping,selfsplitting,periodicity reciprocity,and super-strong reconstruction. Manipulating the structure of the degree of a partially coherent beam provides a novel way for modulating and controlling its propagation properties and is useful in beam shaping,free-space optical communications,optical trapping,optical encryption and image or information transfer through adverse inhomogeneous environments.In this paper,we present a review on the recent advances in partially coherent beams with prescribed degrees of coherence.展开更多
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文摘Coherence is one of the most salient features of a laser beam,and laser beams which are not completely coherent,the so-called partially coherent beams,are preferred in many applications.The degrees of coherence of conventional spatial partially coherent beams can be described by Gaussian distributions.Currently,more and more attention is being paid to partially coherent beams with prescribed degrees of coherence due to their extraordinary optical properties,such as self-focusing,self-shaping,selfsplitting,periodicity reciprocity,and super-strong reconstruction. Manipulating the structure of the degree of a partially coherent beam provides a novel way for modulating and controlling its propagation properties and is useful in beam shaping,free-space optical communications,optical trapping,optical encryption and image or information transfer through adverse inhomogeneous environments.In this paper,we present a review on the recent advances in partially coherent beams with prescribed degrees of coherence.
