Far-Field Radiation Patterns Of Partially Coherent Sources: Numerical And Experimental Results

We discuss fast numerical calculation of the radiation patterns produced by sources of arbitrary states of spatial coherence, and report on experimental results that verify predictions of generalized radiometry. Examples considered include evaluation of the effects of obstructions and aberrations on far-field diffraction patterns of gaussian-correlated sources.

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