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We demonstrate that within the paraxial ray approximation the propagation of light through a complex optical system can be formulated in terms of a Huygens principle expressed with the complete system’s ABCD-matrix elements. As such, propagation through an optical system reduces to that of calculating the relevant matrix elements and substituting these into the expressions derived here. We have introduced complex-valued matrix element to represent apertures, thus having diffraction properties inherent in the description.
We have extended the treatments of Baues and Collins to include partially coherent light sources, optical elements of finite size, and distributed random inhomogeneity along the optical path. In many cases (e.g., laser beam propagation and Gaussian optics) we have been able to derive simple analytical expressions for the optical field quantities at an observation plane.
A series of laser-based optical measurement systems have been analyzed and analytical expressions for their main parameters have been given. Specifically, scattering from rough surfaces not giving rise to a fully developed speckle field, various anemometers and systems for measuring rotational velocity have been treated in order to show the benefits of the complex ABCD matrices.
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A.1 Appendix
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MATHEMATICA program for calculation of the compound 1D matrix for a series of optical elements:
(* Program: optics.m . Written by Lilybeth *)
(* This program displays the total matrix modeling the elements in a complex optical system. It is achieved by accumulating the product of partial matrices from the predefined functions for a lens, free space parameter, or a limited aperture parameter.
    Further operations with the total matrix can be accomplished by assigning it to a variable. *)
(* This program requires the standard package ReIm.m. Reference:
    Programming in Mathematica, by Maeder. Pag 243 *)
BeginPackage["Optics`", "Algebra`ReIm`"]
Lens::usage = "Lens[f] generates a matrix that models this element."
Aperture::usage = "Aperture[r] generates a matrix that models this element."
FreeSpace::usage = "FreeSpace[z] generates a matrix that models this element."
t = {{1,0}, {0,1}} (* initializing global variable *)
Begin["`Private`"]
Print["This program generates a total matrix according to the elements of your optical system."];
Print["Please select your choice by entering Lens[f], Aperture[r,k], or FreeSpace[z]."]
Totalmatrix[m_] := t = m.t;
            Return[t]
        Lens[f_] :=
        Block[{ml},
            f/: Im[f] = 0;
            ml = {{1,0}, {−1/f, 1}};
            Print["Lens matrix is ", ml];
            m = ml;
            Totalmatrix[m]
]
Aperture[r_,k_] :=
        Block[{ma},
            r/: Im[r] = 0; k/: Im[k] = 0;
            ma = {{1,0}, {−(2 I)/(k*r^2), 1}};
            Print["Aperture matrix is", ma];
            m = ma;
            Totalmatrix[m]
]
FreeSpace[z_] :=
        Block[{mz},
            z/: Im[z] = 0;
            mz = {{1,z}, {0,1}};
            Print["FreeSpace matrix is", mz];
        m = mz;
Totalmatrix[m]
]
End[]
EndPackage[]
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Hanson, S.G., Jakobsen, M.L., Yura, H.T. (2016). Complex-Valued ABCD Matrices and Speckle Metrology. In: Healy, J., Alper Kutay, M., Ozaktas, H., Sheridan, J. (eds) Linear Canonical Transforms. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 198. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3028-9_14
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