Title
Polarization changes in partially coherent electromagnetic beams propagating through turbulent atmosphere
Abbreviated Journal Title
Waves Random Media
Keywords
GAUSSIAN-BEAM; FREE-SPACE; MODEL; Physics, Multidisciplinary
Abstract
In this paper, we study the effects of turbulent atmosphere on the degree of polarization of a partially coherent electromagnetic beam, which propagates through it. The beam is described by a 2 x 2 cross-spectral density matrix and is assumed to be generated by a planar, secondary, electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model source. The analysis is based on a recently formulated unified theory of coherence and polarization and on the extended Huygens-Fresnel principle. We study the behaviour of the degree of polarization in the intermediate zone, i.e. in the region of space where coherence properties of the beam and the atmospheric turbulence are competing. We illustrate the analysis by numerical examples.
Journal Title
Waves in Random Media
Volume
14
Issue/Number
4
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
513
Last Page
523
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0959-7174
Recommended Citation
"Polarization changes in partially coherent electromagnetic beams propagating through turbulent atmosphere" (2004). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 4767.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/4767
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