Abstract

The Wigner distribution function is used to describe general properties of the irradiance distribution at the Fresnel diffraction planes of one-dimensional phase gratings. We report a remarkably simple, analytical expression for the irradiance distribution at one quarter of the Talbot length of any phase grating. As illustrative examples, we consider binary and triangular phase profiles.

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