Modified Huygens–Fresnel method for the propagation of partially coherent beams through turbulence
Abstract
Partially coherent beams (PCBs) have been extensively studied as a method to mitigate the deleterious effects of atmospheric turbulence for applications such as free-space optical communication. However, it can be difficult to study and assess the performance of PCBs in turbulence due to the complicated physics of the atmosphere and the wide variety of PCBs possible. Here, we introduce a modified approach to study the propagation of second-order field moments of PCBs analytically in turbulence, reformulating the problem in terms of free-space propagation of the beam. We illustrate the method by studying a Gaussian Schell-model beam in turbulence.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 15, 2023
- Source ID
- 10.1364/josaa.479587
Entities
People
- Arash Shiri
- Greg Gbur
- Jason D Schmidt
- Jason Tellez
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Office of Naval Research
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte