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Asian Journal of Physics Vol 31, No 7 (2022) 689-696

Tailoring spatial light coherence: scalar scenario

R Martínez-Herrero1, G Piquero1, J C G deSande2, M Santarsiero3 and F Gori3
1Departamento de Óptica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain
2ETSIS de Telecomunicación, Campus Sur, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28031 Madrid, Spain
3Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Elettronica e Meccanica, Università Roma Tre, Via V. Volterra 62,00146 Rome, Italy

Dedicated to Prof Maria J Yzuel

The purpose of this paper is to summarize the most relevant contributions of the authors in recent years on the topic of light beams with unconventional spatial coherence characteristics. Scalar models of light sources with special coherence characteristics are presented. © Anita Publications. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Coherence, Structured light, Shape-invariant fields.

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