Spatial - Coherence Effects in Spectroscopy
Abstract
In this report account is presented of research carried out during the period December 1, 1999 - November 30, 2002 under the sponsorship of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grant F49620-OOl-l-0125. Our research covered many areas of modern optical physics, especially wave propagation in random media, inverse scattering, coherence properties of light, correlation-induced spectral changes, partially coherent beams, focusing of waves of arbitrary state of coherence, partially coherent solitons, spreading of partially coherent beams in random media, diffraction tomography and singular optics with polychromatic light. We believe that of special significance are some new results that we have obtained concerning the propagation of partially coherent beams in the turbulent atmosphere. The results indicate that in certain situations it is preferable to employ partially coherent beams rather than fully coherent ones for communication, tracking and guiding, for example. These results are preliminary and we are pursuing the subject further. In the field of singular optics we have opened up a new direction for progress in the field by having shown that some new and unexpected effects take place in the neighborhood of phase singularities in optical fields, when the light is polychromatic rather than monochromatic (studied previously). Specifically we have demonstrated that drastic changes of the spectrum of light take place in the immediate vicinity of the singular points. The results of our investigations were reported in 43 publications. They are listed on pages 3 to 5. Summaries of these publications are given on pages 6 - 14. Scientists who have participated in this research are listed on page 15.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA408980
Entities
People
- Emil Wolf
Organizations
- University of Rochester