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Phase-space tomography has recently been developed for the experimental determination of the amplitude and phase structure of a multimode optical field in either the space or time domain. The methods can be applied to the precise characterization of optical fields, in the cases of fully or partially coherent sources.
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Raymer, M.G., Beck, M., McAlister, D. (1994). Spatial and Temporal Optical Field Reconstruction Using Phase-Space Tomography. In: Walls, D.F., Harvey, J.D. (eds) Quantum Optics VI. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79101-7_26
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