title: Wigner distribution and fractional Fourier transform for two-dimensional symmetric optical beams.
abstract: A useful relationship between the fractional Fourier transform power spectra of a two-dimensional symmetric optical beam, on the one hand, and its Wigner distribution, on the other, is established. This relationship allows a significant simplification of the standard procedure for the reconstruction of the Wigner distribution from the field intensity distributions in the fractional Fourier domains. The Wigner distribution of a symmetric optical beam is analyzed, both in the coherent and in the partially coherent case.
authors.affiliation: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Faculteit Elektrotechniek, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alieva
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bastiaans