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Abstract
Using rather general assumptions, wave beam propagation is considered in a medium constituted of two half‐spaces with smoothly changing properties, these latter changing stepwise at the half‐spaces' interface. Expressions for the beam‐shape change in the course of propagation are obtained. General results are applied to a Gaussian beam propagating in a series chain, and to fields described by the Helmholtz equation.