Can the Wigner transform of a two-dimensional rotationally symmetric beam be fully recovered from the Wigner transform of its one-dimensional approximation?
It is shown that the full four-dimensional Wigner transform of a coherent, rotationally symmetric light beam can be completely recovered by measurement, in one step, of the Wigner transform of an equivalent one-dimensional light beam. The method of generating this equivalent light beam from a two-dimensional circular light beam is presented.
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