Propagation of partially coherent beams: turbulence-induced degradation

    Authors

    A. Dogariu;S. Amarande

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Lett.

    Keywords

    Optics

    Abstract

    We show that, when a partially coherent beam propagates through an inhomogeneous medium such as atmospheric turbulence, the phase randomization that is induced is less effective in degrading the spatial coherence properties. By evaluating the final beam widths we report what is to our knowledge the first experimental demonstration that, on propagation through thermally induced turbulence, a partially coherent beam is less affected than a spatially coherent beam. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Optics Letters

    Volume

    28

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2003

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    10

    Last Page

    12

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000179930100003

    ISSN

    0146-9592

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