Scintillation of nonuniformly polarized beams in atmospheric turbulence

被引：130

作者：

Gu, Yalong ^{[1
]}

Korotkova, Olga ^{[2
]}

Gbur, Greg ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Phys & Opt Sci, Charlotte, NC 28223 USA

[2] Univ Miami, Dept Phys, Coral Gables, FL 33146 USA

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2009年 / 34卷 / 15期

关键词：

COHERENT GAUSSIAN-BEAM; RANDOM-MEDIA; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; PROPAGATION; INDEX;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.34.002261

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate, through numerical simulations, that an appropriately chosen nonuniformly polarized coherent optical field can have appreciably smaller scintillation than comparable beams of uniform polarization. This results from the fact that a nonuniformly polarized field acts as an effective two-mode partially coherent field. The results described here are of direct relevance to the development of free-space optical communication systems. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：2261 / 2263

页数：3

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