Abstract
The symmetries of wave fields are of practical interest in holography, phase conjugation and for automatic focusing. Periodicities of wavefields find practical applications in self-imaging, in interferometers based on the Talbot and on the Lau effect and in Fourier spectrometry. We show that if the operator form for the solution of the Helmholtz-equation is employed, it is possible to discuss in a simple fashion both the symmetry and the periodicity of the propagating field under coherent and under partially coherent illumination.
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Lohmann, A.W., Ojeda-Casteneda, J., Streibl, N. (1984). Symmetries and Periodicities of Partially Coherent Fields. In: Mandel, L., Wolf, E. (eds) Coherence and Quantum Optics V. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0605-5_58
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