Propagation of partially coherent beams through particulate media

    Authors

    E. Baleine;A. Dogariu

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. A-Opt. Image Sci. Vis.

    Keywords

    SMALL-ANGLE SCATTERING; DEGRADATION; LIGHT; Optics

    Abstract

    When propagating through particulate media, optical beams are degraded owing to scattering. We found that the ratio between the width of the distorted beam and the width of the initial beam decreases when the spatial coherence of the incident beam is reduced. These experimental observations are well described within the paraxial approximation of the transport theory. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the Optical Society of America a-Optics Image Science and Vision

    Volume

    20

    Issue/Number

    11

    Publication Date

    1-1-2003

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    2041

    Last Page

    2045

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000186217800006

    ISSN

    0740-3232

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