Title

The Far-Zone Behavior Of The Degree Of Polarization Of Electromagnetic Beams Propagating Through Atmospheric Turbulence

Keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Gaussian-Schell model beams; Partially coherent beams; Polarization

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. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

4-1-2004

Publication Title

Optics Communications

Volume

233

Issue

4-6

Number of Pages

225-230

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2004.01.005

Socpus ID

1442307773 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/1442307773

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