Spatial coherence and information entropy in optical vortex fields

Agarwal, G. S. ; Banerji, J. (2002) Spatial coherence and information entropy in optical vortex fields Optics Letters, 27 (10). pp. 800-802. ISSN 0146-9592

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Abstract

We show how a vortex structure manifests itself in the one-dimensional projection of a vortex field. We calculate the extent of spatial coherence and entropy of such projections. We quantify the spatial coherence and discuss the properties of the Wigner functions for the projected field.

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