title: Phase-space non-paraxial propagation modes of optical fields in any state of spatial coherence.
abstract: The non-paraxial marginal power spectrum is decomposed in propagation modes, so that the zeroth-order mode is only emitted by the radiant point sources at the aperture plane, while the modes of higher orders than zero are only emitted by the virtual point sources. It allows representing the non-paraxial propagation of optical fields in arbitrary states of spatial coherence and along arbitrary distances from the aperture plane without approximations, by simply using the power distribution and the spatial coherence state at the aperture plane as entries. This modal expansion is potentially useful in micro-diffraction and spatial coherence modulation.
authors.affiliation: Physics School, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín, AA 3840 Medellín, Colombia. rcastane@unal.edu.co
authors.forename: Román
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castañeda
authors.forename: Hernán
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D008027:Light; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012542:Scattering, Radiation