Beam criteria for propagation of electromagnetic beams in the turbulent atmosphere

    Authors

    O. Korotkova;E. Wolf

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Commun.

    Keywords

    POLARIZATION; COHERENCE; Optics

    Abstract

    A recently introduced criterion [O. Korotkova, E. Wolf, Opt. Lett. 32 (2007) 2137] for testing whether a scalar beam preserves its beam-like shape after it propagates some distance through the turbulent atmosphere is generalized to the case of electromagnetic beam propagation. The generalized criterion applies to monochromatic as well as to stochastic electromagnetic beams. The analysis is illustrated by examples. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Optics Communications

    Volume

    281

    Issue/Number

    5

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    948

    Last Page

    952

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000252762900007

    ISSN

    0030-4018

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