Frontiers in Optics

Experimental Reconstruction of Wigner Distribution

Tatiana Alieva, Alejandro Cámara, José A. Rodrigo, Maria Luisa Calvo

Published Jan 1, 2009• 1 citation

Abstract

Flexible optical setups for the phase-space tomography are discussed. The experimental reconstruction of the Wigner distribution of an optical beam separable in the Cartesian coordinates is demonstrated.

DOI: 10.1364/srs.2009.stud3

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