Second-order statistics of stochastic electromagnetic beams propagating through non-Kolmogorov turbulence
Author(s) -
Elena Shchepakina,
Olga Korotkova
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.010650
Subject(s) - physics , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , atmospheric turbulence , spectral density , electromagnetic radiation , turbulence , optics , gaussian , polarization (electrochemistry) , statistical physics , stochastic process , degree of polarization , computational physics , coherence time , coherence theory , atmospheric optics , coherence length , quantum mechanics , statistics , scattering , mathematics , meteorology , chemistry , superconductivity
We present a detailed investigation, qualitative and quantitative, on how the atmospheric turbulence with a non-Kolmogorov power spectrum affects the major statistics of stochastic electromagnetic beams, such as the spectral composition and the states of coherence and polarization. We suggest a detailed survey on how these properties evolve on propagation of beams generated by electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model sources, depending on the fractal constant alpha of the atmospheric power spectrum.
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