Simon, R. ; Sudarshan, E. C. G. ; Mukunda, N. (1985) Anisotropic gaussian schell-model beams: passage through optical systems and associated invariants Physical Review A, 31 (4). pp. 2419-2434. ISSN 1050-2947
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Official URL: http://pra.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v31/i4/p2419_1
Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.31.2419
Abstract
Anisotropic Gaussian Schell-model (AGSM) fields and their transformation by first-order optical systems (FOS's) forming Sp(4,R) are studied using the generalized pencils of rays. The fact that Sp(4,R), rather than the larger group SL(4,R), is the relevant group is emphasized. A convenient geometrical picture wherein AGSM fields and FOS's are represented, respectively, by antisymmetric second-rank tensors and de Sitter transformations in a (3+2)-dimensional space is developed. These fields are shown to separate into two qualitatively different families of orbits and the invariants over each orbit, two in number, are worked out. We also develop another geometrical picture in a (2+1)-dimensional Minkowski space suitable for the description of the action of axially symmetric FOS's on AGSM fields, and the invariants, now seven in number, are derived. Interesting limiting cases forming coherent and quasihomogeneous fields are analyzed.
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