Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
Extending existing scalar Schell-model source work, we derive the M2 factor for a general electromagnetic or vector Schell-model source to assess beam quality. In particular, we compute the M2 factors for two vector Schell-model sources found in the literature. We then describe how to synthesize vector Schell-model beams in terms of specified, desired M2 and present Monte Carlo simulation results to validate our analysis.
DOI
10.1117/1.OE.58.7.074101
Source Publication
Optical Engineering
Recommended Citation
M. W. Hyde and M. F. Spencer, “M2 factor of a vector Schell-model beam,” Opt. Eng. 58(07), 1 (2019) [doi:10.1117/1.OE.58.7.074101].
Comments
This is an open access article published by SPIE and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. CC BY 4.0
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