Wigner distribution and entropy of partially coherent light generated by perfect optical vortices

Opt Lett. 2024 Jul 1;49(13):3830-3833. doi: 10.1364/OL.528073.

Abstract

We developed analytical expressions for the Wigner distribution function of partially coherent fields generated by the scattering of beams with a particular phase structure, namely perfect optical vortex beams. In addition, we provide the modal decomposition of the field correlations and evaluate the evolution of Shannon entropy associated with the partially coherent field.