The far-zone behavior of the degree of polarization of electromagnetic beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence

    Authors

    O. Korotkova; M. Salem;E. Wolf

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Commun.

    Keywords

    partially coherent beams; atmospheric turbulence; polarization; Gaussian-Schell model beams; FREE-SPACE; COHERENCE; Optics

    Abstract

    It is shown analytically that the degree of polarization of a beam generated by an electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model source which propagates through atmospheric turbulence tends to its value at the source plane with increasing distance of propagation. This result is independent of the spectral degrees of correlation of the source and of the strength of atmospheric turbulence. These conclusions are illustrated by a numerical example. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Optics Communications

    Volume

    233

    Issue/Number

    4-6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    225

    Last Page

    230

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000220169500001

    ISSN

    0030-4018

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