Change in the polarization of partially coherent electromagnetic beams propagating through the turbulent atmosphere

    Authors

    H. Roychowdhury; S. A. Ponomarenko;E. Wolf

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Mod. Opt.

    Keywords

    FREE-SPACE; Optics

    Abstract

    We study the changes in the degree of polarization of an electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beam, as the beam propagates through the turbulent atmosphere. We demonstrate that, within the framework of the Tatarskii model of the turbulent atmosphere, the degree of polarization of the beam changes appreciably at relatively short propagation distances in the atmosphere. In the long-propagation distance limit, however, we find that the degree of polarization of the beam tends to the value that it has in the source plane.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Modern Optics

    Volume

    52

    Issue/Number

    11

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1611

    Last Page

    1618

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000230108300010

    ISSN

    0950-0340

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