Abstract
We have generalized the propagation law of optical rays through an ABCD optical system by introducing a generalized radius of curvature Q such that„. The real part of the generalized radius of curvature is related to the phase of the beam, and the imaginary part to second moment of the amplitude. The beam quality factor,, recently introduced in the literature appears naturally in the definition of Q.
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