Propagation characteristics of laser beams with amplitude modulations and phase fluctuations in apertured fractional Fourier transforming system

The apertured fractional Fourier transforming system is introduced and applied to treat the propagation of Gaussian beams with amplitude modulations and phase fluctuations. Based on the treatment that a rectangular function can be expanded into an approximate sum of complex Gaussian functions with finite numbers, the analytical expressions for the mutual intensity distribution of laser beams with amplitude modulations and phase fluctuations passing through the apertured fractional Fourier transforming system are obtained. Some numerical simulations are illustrated for their propagation properties.     

Beam quality of truncated laser beams with amplitude modulations and phase fluctuations in turbulence

The closed-form expressions for the Rayleigh range z_R and the M²-factor of truncated laser beams with amplitude modulations (AMs) and phase fluctuations (PFs) in turbulence are derived, and the beam quality is studied by taking the z_R and the M²-factor as the characteristic parameters of beam quality. The M²-factor of truncated laser beams with AMs and PFs is always larger than that of truncated Gaussian beams both in free space and in turbulence. However, in turbulence the beam quality of truncated laser beams with AMs and PFs may be better than that of truncated Gaussian beams if the z_R is taken as the characteristic parameter of beam quality. For laser beams with AMs and PFs in turbulence, the beam quality expressed in terms of z_R is consistent with that in terms of the M²-factor versus the phase fluctuation parameter α, but not versus the intensity modulation parameter σ_A. The beam quality of truncated laser beams with AMs and PFs is less sensitive to turbulence than that of truncated Gaussian beams. The beam quality of laser beams with smaller α and larger σ_A is less affected by turbulence than those with larger α and smaller σ_A.     

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     

Propagation of relative phase shift of apertured Gaussian beams through axisymmetric optical systems

When a Gaussian beam is apertured, it undergoes a phase shift as well as a focal shift. The relative phase shift of an apertured Gaussian beam through an axisymmetric optical system written in ABCD matrix is analyzed by applying Collins' diffraction integral formula. And, more important, the condition of dispeling the relative phase shift is obtained, which is related with the Fresnel number. At last, some extensions are given.     

Propagation of the off-axis superposition of partially coherent beams through atmospheric turbulence

The propagation properties of the off-axis superposition of partially coherent beams through atmospheric turbulence and their beam quality in terms of the mean-squared beam width w(z) and the power in the bucket (PIB) are studied in detail, where the effects of partial coherence, off-axis beam superposition and atmospheric turbulence are considered. The analytical expressions for the intensity, the beam width and the PIB are derived, and illustrative examples are given numerically. It is shown that the maximum intensity I_max and the PIB decrease and w(z) increases as the refraction index structure constant C_n² increases. Therefore, the turbulence results in a degradation of the beam quality. However, the resulting partially coherent beam with a smaller value of spatial correlation parameter γ and larger values of separate distance x_d and beam number M is less affected by the turbulence than that with a larger value of γ and smaller values of x_d and M. The main results obtained in this paper are explained physically.     

Propagation of spectral Stokes singularities of stochastic electromagnetic beams through atmospheric turbulence

The propagation of spectral Stokes singularities (vortices) of stochastic electromagnetic vortex beams through atmospheric turbulence is studied, where the electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) vortex beam is taken as an illustrative example. It is shown that the spectral Stokes vortices S ₁₂ (C-points), S ₂₃ and S ₃₁ introduced to describe the polarization singularities of stochastic electromagnetic beams appear in turbulence. The motion, creation, annihilation and polarization changes of S ₁₂, S ₂₃ and S ₃₁ vortices, as well as the handedness inversion of S ₁₂ vortices may appear as the propagation distance or one beam parameter varies. In the process the topological relationship holds true. In comparison with the free-space propagation, the variation of the refractive index structure constant C_n²C_{n}^{2} in atmospheric turbulence results in similar effects as above. The dependence of S ₁₂, S ₂₃ and S ₃₁ vortices on the propagation distance and beam and turbulence parameters are illustrated by numerical examples.     

大气湍流对多色高斯-谢尔模型光束扩展的影响

基于广义惠更斯-菲涅耳原理,采用Rytov相位结构函数二次近似和硬边窗口函数的复高斯展开法,推导了受光阑限制的多色高斯-谢尔模型(GSM)光束在大气湍流中的二阶矩束宽公式。研究表明:二阶矩束宽随着大气湍流折射率结构常数、源光谱带宽和光束传输距离的增加而增大,随着光束截断参数和光束相干参数的增加而减小;并且,当源光谱带宽越大、光束截断参数和光束相干参数越小,则湍流对受光阑限制的多色GSM光束扩展的影响就越小。关键词:      

大气湍流对多色高斯-谢尔模型光束扩展的影响

基于广义惠更斯-菲涅耳原理,采用Rytov相位结构函数二次近似和硬边窗口函数的复高斯展开法,推导了受光阑限制的多色高斯-谢尔模型(GSM)光束在大气湍流中的二阶矩束宽公式。研究表明：二阶矩束宽随着大气湍流折射率结构常数、源光谱带宽和光束传输距离的增加而增大,随着光束截断参数和光束相干参数的增加而减小;并且,当源光谱带宽越大、光束截断参数和光束相干参数越小,则湍流对受光阑限制的多色GSM光束扩展的影响就越小。关键词：      

大气风速对大气传输光束相位特性的影响

采用功率谱反演法构建湍流相位屏,通过横向平移相位屏的方法模拟大气风速引起的湍流时间变化,进而模拟分析了包括时间进程的激光大气传输特性,从波前相位功率谱密度的角度,定量分析了大气风速引起的激光束在大气湍流中传输时的相位特性变化。在此基础上,采用影响函数模拟变形镜对畸变波前的校正作用,对激光束经大气湍流传输后的自适应校正效果进行了预估,分析了大气风速对校正效果的影响。结果表明,大气风速对边界层湍流中光束相位特性的影响很小,然而,对于自由大气湍流中的传输光束,大气风速越大,波前相位畸变程度越大,畸变波前中高频相位比例也越大;环状光束的校正效果受大气风速的影响比平顶光束更小,并且,随着环状光束阶数的增大,校正效果所受影响逐渐减小;在一定相位畸变范围内,畸变程度越大的环状光束的相位校正效果受大气风速的影响越小。     

Propagation properties of controllable dark-hollow beams through an annular apertured, misaligned optical system

Within the framework of the paraxial approximation, the propagation formula of controllable dark-hollow beams through an annular apertured and misaligned optical system is derived by using the generalized diffraction integral and augmented matrix. Based on the formula, the propagation properties under the very condition are studied in detail. Finally, some numerical examples are given to illustrate the analytical results. It is shown that as controllable dark-hollow beams pass through a circularly apertured misaligned optical system, they become decentered but with the same size of the dark region and the moved central position related to the misaligned parameters ε_x, ε_y and ε′_x, ε′_y. The results can be directly used in the case of other dark-hollow beams, and also can be applied to study other properties.     

厄米-余弦-高斯光束通过具有光阑光学系统时的传输特性

当厄米_余弦_高斯光束通过带有矩形光阑的一阶ABCD近轴光学系统时,可由Collins公式给出其场分布的积分形式。将其中硬边光阑的窗口函数写成矩形函数,并将矩形函数用高斯函数展开,通过积分可得到由光阑限制的厄米_余弦_高斯光束传输的解析式。分析和讨论了厄米_余弦_高斯光束通过具有圆孔光阑限制的薄透镜系统时的情况,其结果与直接用广义衍射积分公式进行复杂数值计算时的结果完全一致。这样不仅便于进行物理分析,而且也节省了计算机的计算时间。     

有振幅调制和相位畸变光束的远场光谱移动与光谱开关

基于瑞利衍射公式,研究了被光阑衍射的具有振幅调制和相位畸变光束的远场光谱变化规律。结果表明,有振幅调制和相位畸变光束在远场也会出现光谱异变现象和光谱开关效应,光阑截断参数、光束的相位畸变参数、振幅调制参数、光强调制参数对远场光谱的跃迁量和光谱开关产生影响。通过数值计算结果分析讨论了光阑截断参数及光束各参数影响远场光谱的规律。     

Propagation properties of partially coherent Hermiteben Gaussian beams through non-Kolmogorov turbulence

The propagation properties of partially coherent Hermite—Gaussian beams through non-Kolmogorov atmospheric turbulence are studied. The effects of non-Kolmogorov turbulence and beam nonparaxiality on the average intensity evolution and the beam-width spreading are stressed. It is found that the evolution of the average intensity distribution and the beam-width spreading depends on the generalized exponent factor, namely, on the non-Kolmogorov turbulence strength for the paraxial case. For the non-paraxial case the effect of the turbulence is negligible, while the beam-width spreading becomes very large. The analytical results are illustrated numerically and interpreted physically.     

Spatiotemporal coherence properties of broadband Gaussian Schell-model beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence

The spatiotemporal coherence properties of broadband Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) beams with different spectral bandwidths propagating through atmospheric turbulence are numerically calculated and analyzed. The results show that although the spatial coherence properties of an intermediate-broadband GSM beam almost do not depend on the spectral bandwidth, those of its ultra-broadband counterpart do. The temporal coherence of an ultra-broadband GSM beam not only has radial dependence in the observation plane, but also varies with the increasing propagation distance; however, the same behavior does not hold for an intermediate-broadband GSM beam of which the temporal coherence remains nearly invariable as the radial distance of the observation point or propagation distance changes.     

Propagation characteristics of higher-order annular Gaussian beams in atmospheric turbulence

The propagation characteristics of higher-order annular Gaussian (HOAG) beams in turbulence are investigated. From a HOAG source plane excitation, the average intensity of the receiver plane is developed analytically. This formulation is verified against the previously derived HOAG beam solution in free space. The graphical outputs indicate that, upon traveling in turbulent atmosphere, the HOAG beam will undergo different stages of evolution. At intermediate propagation distances, it will attempt to concentrate the energy near the origin. In this process, the appearance of the single higher-order primary beam will be encountered. Eventually HOAG originated beam will become a pure Gaussian beam after propagating an excessive distance in the turbulent medium.     

Propagation of off-axial cosine-Gaussian beams passing through an apertured and misaligned optical system

A closed-form expression for the one-dimensional off-axial cosine-Gaussian beams passing through an apertured and misaligned paraxially ABCD optical system is derived. As special cases, the corresponding closed-forms for the off-axial or non off-axial cosine-Gaussian beams passing through apertured or unapertured and misaligned or aligned optical systems are also given. The obtained results could be straightforward to the two-dimensional case or sine-Gaussian beams.     

Beam wandering of thin parallel beams through atmospheric turbulence

Abstract

Wandering and correlation of wandering of two parallel laser beams after crossing atmospheric turbulence are theoretically and experimentally investigated. A general expression is given, valid for propagation through a thick layer of turbulence, which includes as a particular case that of a path completely filled with turbulence. Two different models of isotropic atmospheric turbulence are considered and numerical results are derived. The results of an experimental test through the atmosphere are also described.