Random sources with rectangular coherence

Abstract

A convenient method for modeling partially coherent sources with rectangular coherence is introduced by structuring the degree of coherence as two separable arbitrary functions with arbitrary dependence of variables. The included examples have demonstrated new opportunities of modeling random sources for beam shaping applications by coherence modulation. The first example discusses a class of rectangular sinc-correlated models generating radiating fields with self-focusing features. As a second example, we introduce a new type of partially coherent vortex beams, which has a unique feature of self-rotation around the optical axis upon propagation.