Design and optimization of phase plates for shaping partially coherent beams by adaptive genetic algorithms

The adaptive genetic algorithms (AGAs) are applied to the design and optimization of phase plates for shaping partially coherent beams. The simulation procedure based on the AGAs is described. Numerical examples for shaping partially coherent Cosh–Gaussian (ChG) and Hermite–Gaussian (HG) beams demonstrate the advantage of the AGAs in applications to the partially coherent beam transformation and shaping.