湍流等离子体鞘套中高斯光束的传播特性分析

为了研究高斯光束在湍流等离子体鞘套中的传输特性,根据广义惠更斯-菲涅耳原理,采用基于快速傅里叶变换的功率谱反演法,用多随机相位屏来模拟湍流带来的影响.根据超声速飞行器绕流等离子体流场厚度在厘米级别的特点,光束在两个相位屏之间的传输过程中采用菲涅耳衍射积分的两次快速傅里叶变换算法(double fast Fourier transform algorithm),利用多随机相位屏模拟等离子体鞘套湍流对光束传输产生的影响,解决了多随机相位屏模拟湍流研究中的超短距离传输问题.当飞行高度为45 km,飞行速度为18马赫时,通过对超声速飞行器绕流等离子体流场的统计分析,发现在此飞行条件下折射率起伏方差的强度范围10~(–11)—10~(–14).对高斯光束在湍流等离子体流场中的传输特性进行了数值仿真.结果表明:在等离子体鞘套湍流中折射率起伏强度、波长、传输距离等都是影响高斯光束质量的重要因素.折射率方差越大,传输距离越长,光斑弥散越严重,光强起伏越大,光强减弱也越明显.光束的波长越长,高斯光束抑制湍流的能力越强,光斑弥散程度越小,光强起伏也越小.

Analysis of propagation characteristics of Gaussian beams in turbulent plasma sheaths

In this paper, the characteristics of Gaussian beam propagation through turbulent plasma sheath are studied. According to the generalized Huygens-Fresnel principle, the random phase screen is generated by power spectrum inversion method based on the fast Fourier transform. The random phase screen is used to simulate turbulence effect. The thickness of the plasma sheath is of about centimeter order of magnitude. Compared with the single fast Fourier transform algorithm, the double fast Fourier transform algorithm is not prone to under-sampling and can obtain good image results, even if the diffraction distance is 1 mm. Therefore, double fast Fourier transform algorithm is used for investigating the beam propagation between two phase screens. The turbulence effect of the plasma sheath surrounding a hypersonic vehicle is simulated by the multi-random phase screens. When the flight altitude is 45 km and the flight speed is 18 Mach, the intensity of refractive index fluctuation variance ranges from ${10}^{ - 11} $ to $ {10}^{ - 14} $ indicated by analyzing the plasma flow field around the hypersonic vehicle. The characteristics of the Gaussian beam propagation through the turbulent plasma are numerically simulated. The results show that the refractive index fluctuation, wavelength and transmission distance are important factors affecting the Gaussian beam quality. The larger the refractive index variance, the more severe the spot dispersion and the more obvious the light intensity fluctuation. As wavelength is longer, the ability of the Gaussian beam to resist turbulence becomes stronger and the dispersion of the light spot and the intensity fluctuation are smaller. The beam distortion and the spot dispersion become more severe as the transmission distance is longer.