Coherent Mode Decoupling: A Versatile Framework for High-Throughput Partially Coherent Light Transport
Abstract
Accurate and efficient wave-optics simulation of partially coherent light transport systems is critical for the design of advanced optical systems, ranging from computational lithography to diffraction-limited storage rings (DLSR). However, traditional approaches based on Coherent Mode Decomposition suffer from high computational costs due to the propagating massive sets of two-dimensional modes. In this paper, we propose the Coherent Mode Decoupling (CMDC) algorithm, a high-throughput computational framework designed to accelerate these simulations by orders of magnitude without compromising physical fidelity. The method factorizes 2D modes into efficient one-dimensional (1D) components, while crucially incorporating a subspace compression strategy to capture non-separable coupling effects. We demonstrated the generality and robustness of this framework in applications ranging from computational lithography to coherent beamlines of DLSR.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2601.15776,
title = {Coherent Mode Decoupling: A Versatile Framework for High-Throughput Partially Coherent Light Transport},
author = {Han Xu and Ming Li and Shuo Wang and Zhe Ren and Peng Liu and Yi Zhang and Yuhui Dong and Liang Zhou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.15776},
year = {2026}
}