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Intensity of broadband light pulses propagating in the free space has been calculated in the approximation of the narrowband signal envelope and based on the complex analytic signal. The approximation of the narrowband signal envelope is shown to be applicable for calculating the diffraction of pulsed light beams regardless of the duration and coherence of the pulse in space and time.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Banakh, L.O. Gerasimova, I.V. Zaloznaya, O.V. Tikhomirova, 2013, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.
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Banakh, V.A., Gerasimova, L.O., Zaloznaya, I.V. et al. Diffraction of broadband pulsed light beams. Atmos Ocean Opt 26, 178–184 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856013030056
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