大气湍流对部分相干厄米-高斯光束空间相干性的影响

基于广义惠更斯-菲涅耳原理，并采用Rytov相位结构函数二次近似，推导出了部分相干厄米-高斯(H-G)光束通过大气湍流传输的光谱相干度公式，研究了湍流对光束的空间相干特性的影响.研究表明，部分相干H-G光束通过大气湍流传输其光谱相干度会出现振荡和相位奇异现象，但随着湍流的增强，振荡减弱，直至振荡和相位奇异现象消失，这一特性与高斯-谢尔模型光束的差异很大.光束的相干参数越小，光束空间相干性受湍流的影响也越小.此外，还研究了光谱相干度二阶矩宽度与光谱强度二阶矩宽度间的关系，得到一些有意义的结果，并给出了合理的 关键词： 部分相干厄米-高斯光束 大气湍流 光谱相干度 二阶矩宽度     

大气湍流对径向分布高斯列阵光束扩展和方向性的影响

采用积分变换的技巧,推导出了径向分布高斯列阵光束通过湍流大气传输的二阶矩束宽和远场发散角的解析公式,并详细研究了大气湍流对光束扩展和方向性的影响.研究表明,相干合成情况下,子光束数N越小、径向分布半径r₀越大,列阵光束扩展受湍流影响越小.相干较非相干合成时列阵光束的扩展小,但非相干合成时列阵光束扩展受湍流的影响比相干合成时的小.特别地,N足够小或r₀足够大时,相干与非相干合成列阵光束的远场束宽相等.另一方面,还给出了相干和非相干合成径向分布高斯列阵 关键词： 径向分布高斯列阵光束 大气湍流 相干和非相干合成 二阶矩束宽     

湍流对离轴列阵高斯光束相干与非相干合成的影响

研究了湍流对离轴列阵高斯光束相干与非相干合成的影响.推导出了相干合成光束的传输方程.采用二阶矩束宽、桶中功率和参数β作为光束质量评价参数比较了离轴列阵高斯光束通过湍流大气的相干与非相干合成，并对主要结果给予了合理的物理解释.研究表明：一方面，不论是相干合成还是非相干合成，湍流都使得合成光束扩展、峰值光强下降，并且子光束数越多，合成光束受湍流影响就越小.另一方面，非相干合成光束较相干合成光束受到湍流的影响要小. 关键词： 相干与非相干合成 湍流大气 离轴列阵高斯光束     

截断光束的二阶矩矩阵

采用复高斯展开法和维格纳分布函数(WDF),推导出了截断光束的二阶矩矩阵通过大气湍流的传输公式。研究表明,将硬边光阑的复高斯展开函数引入z=0平面处的WDF中,能够避免截断光束二阶矩的积分发散问题,得到z=0平面处二阶矩的解析结果,并且保证了精度,从而方便地得到截断光束在大气湍流中传输的二阶矩矩阵。实验所得到的结果具有一般性,即无截断光束的二阶矩矩阵通过大气湍流传输和截断光束的二阶矩矩阵在自由空间的传输都可以分别作为特例给出。     

部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束通过湍流大气的光束扩展

基于广义惠更斯-菲涅尔原理，并采用将部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束用厄米-高斯光束的非相干叠加表示的方法，研究了部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束通过湍流大气的光束扩展问题，推导出了部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束通过湍流大气均方根束宽的解析表达式.研究表明，部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束的扩展随着湍流大气的折射率结构常数C²_n和光束离心参数δ的增大而加剧.但是，随着δ的增大，部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束受到湍流的影响减小. 关键词： 部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束 湍流大气 光束扩展     

湍流对部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束的瑞利区间的影响

推导出了部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束在自由空间和湍流大气中传输瑞利区间的解析公式,并研究了湍流对光束瑞利区间的影响.研究表明,部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束的瑞利区间由湍流强度和光束参数等因数共同确定.湍流使得光束的瑞利区间缩短,并且湍流越强瑞利区间越短.在自由空间中,瑞利区间随光束相干参数 α 、光束参数 β 和高斯束宽 w ₀的增大以及波长 λ 的减小而增大.但是, α,β 和 w ₀越小以及 λ 越大,瑞利区间受湍流的影响越小.并且,当 关键词： 瑞利区间 部分相干双曲余弦高斯光束 大气湍流 自由空间     

截断部分相干厄米-高斯光束的广义M_G~2因子

基于广义截断二阶矩法,推导出了截断部分相干厄米-高斯（H-G）光束的广义M2G因子的解析表达式.截断完全相干H-G光束、截断高斯谢尔模型（GSM）光束以及截断高斯光束可以做为本文结果的特例给出.研究表明：截断部分相干H-G光束的广义M2G因子与截断参数δ,模阶数m以及相干参数α有关.当δ非常小时,M2G因子出现奇偶分群现象,即m为奇数的M2G因子互相非常接近,m为偶数的M2G因子互相非常接近,但当δ增大时这种现象逐渐消失.对于截断GSM光束,任意具有不同δ值的M2G因子随α变化的两曲线之间一定存在交叉现象.但是,对于截断部分相干H-G光束的M2G因子,则不一定会发生这种交叉现象.此外,m越大,M2G因子受参数δ的影响越大,可以忽略光阑效应的δ也越大.     

部分相干厄米-高斯列阵光束通过湍流大气传输的方向性

推导出了部分相干厄米-高斯(H-G)列阵光束通过湍流大气传输的二阶矩束宽和远场发散角的解析公式。采用远场发散角作为光束方向性的评价参数,研究了部分相干H-G列阵光束通过湍流大气传输的方向性。研究表明:在一定条件下,部分相干H-G列阵光束与对应的高斯光束不论在自由空间还是湍流大气中均具有相同的方向性。此外,进一步研究发现,在自由空间中,由远场发散角和归一化远场平均光强分布所表征的部分相干H-G列阵光束的方向性是不一致的,但湍流可以使得两种描述相一致。这一结论与高斯-谢尔模型(GSM)列阵光束的相关结论存在差异。在自由空间中,与高斯光束具有相同远场发散角的非相干合成的GSM列阵光束与对应的高斯光束具有相同的归一化远场光强分布。     

Rytov相位结构函数二次近似和硬边光阑复高斯函数展开近似的验证

以受光阑限制的高斯光束在大气湍流中传输为例,用仿真程序数值模拟方法和实验方法对用Rytov相位结构函数二次近似和复高斯函数展开法得到的解析结果(如光强分布、二阶矩束宽、桶中功率和β参数)进行了比较验证.研究表明,解析结果与数值模拟结果和实验结果基本吻合.此外,对用不同研究方法所得结果的差异给出了合理的解释.     

大气湍流对部分相干电磁平顶光束传输的影响

基于相干性和偏振性统一理论,采用Rytov相位结构函数平方近似推导出了部分相干电磁平顶光束在湍流大气中传输的偏振度、相干度和光谱强度公式,并研究了湍流对其传输特性的影响.研究表明,偏振度和相干度与源光谱的带宽无关.大气湍流使得不同阶数的部分相干电磁平顶光束的偏振度经长程传输后均趋于其初始值.大气湍流使得部分相干电磁平顶光束与电磁高斯-谢尔模型光束相干度的差别减小,并导致相干度的振荡和相位奇异现象消失.大气湍流使得相干性较好的部分相干电磁平顶光束的光谱跃变现象消失.     

Spreading of partially coherent polychromatic Hermite-Gaussian beams propagating through non-Kolmogorov turbulence

The spreading of partially coherent polychromatic Hermite-Gaussian (PCPHG) beams propagating through non-Kolmogorov turbulence is studied, where the effect of non-Kolmogorov turbulence and beam bandwidth on the beam width spreading and angular spread is stressed. It is shown that the variation of the relative beam width of PCPHG beams with the generalized exponent parameter of non-Kolmogorov turbulence is non-monotonic. The larger bandwidth of PCPHG beams is, the smaller the relative beam width and the smaller the relative angular spread. Therefore, PCPHG beams with larger bandwidth are less affected by non-Kolmogorov turbulence than those with smaller bandwidth. PCPHG beams are less sensitive to the effect of non-Kolmogorov turbulence than fully coherent polychromatic Hermite-Gaussian (FCPHG) beams and polychromatic Gaussian Schell-model (PGSM) beams. The results are illustrated by numerical examples and interpreted.     

Spreading of spatially partially coherent polychromatic beams in atmospheric turbulence

Taking the polychromatic Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) beam as a typical example of spatially partially coherent polychromatic beams, the spreading of polychromatic GSM beams in atmospheric turbulence is studied. The mean-squared width of polychromatic GSM beams in turbulence is derived by using the effective source and the strong fluctuation models. It is shown that the same result is obtained using both the models. The diffraction, atmospheric turbulence and beam polychroism result in a spreading of polychromatic GSM beams. If the scaling law fails, the spreading of polychromatic GSM beams increases with increasing bandwidth Γ, but the influence of Γ on the spreading of polychromatic GSM beams becomes small as the structure constant C_n² of the refractive index and spatial correlation parameter α increase. The spreading of polychromatic GSM beams increases as C_n² increases and α decreases. Spatially partially coherent polychromatic beams are less sensitive to the effects of atmospheric turbulence than spatially fully coherent polychromatic beams.     

Spreading of apertured partially coherent beams in turbulent media

The closed-form expression for the mean-squared width of apertured partially coherent beams propagating through turbulent media is derived by using the integral transform technique. The influence of turbulence on the spreading of apertured partially coherent beams is studied quantitatively by examining the relative mean-squared width, which is defined as the ratio of the mean-squared width of an apertured partially coherent beam in turbulence to the mean-squared width of the same beam in free space. On the other hand, the range of turbulence-independent propagation, also a reasonable measure of the resistance of a beam to turbulence, is obtained by examining the mean-squared width. It is shown that the spreading of apertured partially coherent beams is less affected by turbulence with smaller truncation parameter δ and coherence parameter α than with larger δ and α. In addition, the influence of turbulence on the spreading of apertured partially coherent beams increases first and then decreases due to increasing waist width w₀. The results obtained are explained physically.     

Spatial correlation properties and phase singularity annihilation of Gaussian Schell-model beams in the focal region

By using the generalized Debye diffraction integral, this paper studies the spatial correlation properties and phase singularity annihilation of apertured Gaussian Schell-model （GSM） beams in the focal region. It is shown that the width of the spectral degree of coherence can be larger, less than or equal to the corresponding width of spectral density, which depends not only on the scalar coherence length of the beams, but also on the truncation parameter. With a gradual increase of the truncation parameter, a pair of phase singularities of the spectral degree of coherence in the focal plane approaches each other, resulting in subwavelength structures. Finally, the annihilation of pairs of phase singularities takes place at a certain value of the truncation parameter. With increasing scalar coherence length, the annihilation occurs at the larger truncation parameter. However, the creation process of phase singularities outside the focal plane is not found for GSM beams.     

Spatial correlation properties of apertured partially coherent beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence

The spatial correlation properties of apertured partially coherent beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence are studied in detail. By using the quadratic approximation of the Rytov’s phase structure function and the finite complex Gaussian expansion of the aperture function, the closed-form expression for the spectral degree of coherence of apertured partially coherent beams in turbulence is derived. It is shown that the larger the aperture width h is, and the smaller the spatial correlation length σ₀ of the source is, the less the spatial correlation is affected by turbulence. Specially, the influence of turbulence on the spatial correlation for unapertured partially coherent beams is less than that for apertured ones. The spectral degree of coherence is shown to possess phase singularities for apertured partially coherent beams, but the phase singularities behavior disappears when the turbulence is strong enough, which is very different from the behavior of unapertured partially coherent beams. In addition, a comparison between the width of the spectral degree of coherence and that of the spectral intensity of apertured partially coherent beams in turbulence is also given, and some interesting results are obtained. The results are interpreted physically. PACS  42.68.Bz; 42.79.Ag; 42.25.Fx     

Fields of apertured polychromatic laser beams with Gaussian and Hermite–Gaussian transverse modes

Starting from the Huygens–Fresnel diffraction integral, the field expressions of apertured polychromatic laser beams with Gaussian and Hermite–Gaussian transverse modes are derived. Influence of the bandwidth on the intensity distributions of the laser beams is analyzed. It is found that when the bandwidth increases, the amplitudes and numbers of the intensity spikes decrease and beam uniformity is improved in the near field and the width of transverse intensity distribution of the apertured beams decreases in the far field. Thus, the smoothing and narrowing effects can be achieved by increasing the bandwidth. Also, these effects are found in the laser beams with Hermite–Gaussian transverse modes as the bandwidth increases.     

Influence of turbulence on the beam propagation factor of Gaussian Schell-model array beams

The analytical expression for the beam propagation factor (M²-factor) of Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) array beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence is derived. It is shown that the M²-factor of GSM array beams depends on the beam number, the relative beam separation distance, the beam coherence parameter, the type of beam superposition, and the strength of turbulence. The turbulence results in an increase of the M²-factor. However, for the superposition of the intensity the M²-factor is less sensitive to turbulence than that for the superposition of the cross-spectral density function. The M²-factor of GSM array beams is larger than that of the corresponding Gaussian array beams. However, the M²-factor of GSM array beams is less affected by turbulence than that of the corresponding Gaussian array beams. For the superposition of the cross-spectral density function a minimum of the M²-factor of GSM array beams may appear in turbulence, which is even smaller than that of the corresponding single GSM beams.     

Effect of Non-Kolmogorov Turbulence on the Spreading of Polychromatic Partially Coherent Hermite–Gaussian Array Beams

Based on the extended Huygens–Fresnel principle, we derive an analytical expression for the beam width of polychromatic partially coherent Hermite-Gaussian array (PPCHGA) beams propagating through non-Kolmogorov turbulence and study in detail the effect of bandwidth, array parameters, and non-Kolmogorov turbulence on the beam-width spreading. We show that the beam width of PPCHGA beams increases with increase in the bandwidth, beam number, and relative distance of beam separation. The spreading of polychromatic array beams with increasing generalized exponent parameter is smaller than that of monochromatic array beams under the same conditions. The results are illustrated by numerical examples.     

Spatial correlation properties of apertured partially coherent radially polarized beams in turbulent atmosphere

Based on the extended Huygens–Fresnel integral, the analytical formulae for the cross-spectral density matrix of the partially coherent radially polarized beams diffracted at a circular aperture in turbulent atmosphere are derived. The unapertured and free-space cases can be viewed as the special cases of our general result. By using the degree of coherence formula, the spatial correlation properties of the apertured partially coherent radially polarized beams in turbulent atmosphere are studied. The analyses indicate that the spatial correlation of the apertured partially coherent radially polarized beams are more affected by the atmospheric turbulence with the larger structure constant, the smaller truncation parameter, the larger coherence length, and the farther propagation distance.     

Partially coherent vortex beams propagating through slant atmospheric turbulence and coherence vortex evolution

Using the extended Huygens-Fresnel principle and the quadratic approximation of the phase structure function, and taking the Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) vortex beam as a typical example of partially coherent vortex beams, the explicit expressions for the cross-spectral density function and average intensity of GSM vortex beams with topological charge m=+1 propagating through slant atmospheric turbulence are derived, and used to study the propagation properties of GSM vortex beams in atmospheric turbulence along a slant path and evolution behavior of coherence vortices. It is shown that the spreading of GSM vortex beams along a horizontal path is larger than that along a slant path in the long atmospheric propagation. The propagation through horizontal atmospheric turbulence can be treated as a special case of the altitude-independent structure constant. The position of coherence vortices in slant atmospheric turbulence does not coincide with that in horizontal atmospheric turbulence, and the dependence of position of coherence vortices on the zenith angle, wavelength and reference point is illustrated by numerical examples. A comparison with the previous work is also made.