Title

Statistics of partially coherent beams: a numerical analysis

Authors

Authors

C. Mujat;A. Dogariu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

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

Keywords

PULSED OPTICAL BEAM; MONTE-CARLO MODEL; SCATTERING MEDIA; LIGHT; EXCITATION; TISSUE; Optics

Abstract

We show that by using Monte Carlo simulations, one can study the characteristics of beams with adjustable spatial coherence properties that propagate through highly scattering media. Moreover, we show that a single simulation is sufficient to obtain the intensity distribution at the exit surface of the scattering medium for any degree of global coherence of the input beam. The efficient numerical procedure correctly reproduces the first- and second-order statistics of the intensity distribution obtained after propagation through diffusive media. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

Journal Title

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

Volume

21

Issue/Number

6

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1000

Last Page

1003

WOS Identifier

WOS:000221633300012

ISSN

1084-7529

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