Generalized Stokes parameters of random electromagnetic vortex
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where ρ l ≡ (ρlx , ρly ) is the position vector at the z plane, k is the wave number related to the wave length λ by k = 2π/λ, and ψ (ρ , s ) represents the random part of the complex phase of a spherical wave due to the turbulence, and can be written as [18] exp ψ ∗ (ρ 1 , s 1 ) + ψ(ρ 2 , s 2 ) 1 ∼ = exp − 2 (s 1 − s 2 )2 + (s 1 − s 2 )(ρ 1 − ρ 2 ) ρ0 + (ρ 1 − ρ 2 )2 where
J. Li ( ) School of Applied Science, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China e-mail: sculijh@ C. Ding Department of Physics, Luoyang Normal College, Luoyang 471022, China B. Lü Institute of Laser Physics and Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China e-mail: baidalu0@
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ABCD optical systems, as well as through uniaxial crystals were investigated [1–5, 10–13]. Setälä et al. analyzed the Stokes parameters in Young’s two-pinhole interference experiment and pointed out that the electromagnetic degree of coherence is a measure of the visibility of the intensity fringes and the modulation contrasts of the three polarization Stokes parameters [6, 7]. The experimental determination of the generalized Stokes parameters was reported by Kanseri et al. [8, 9]. All the above studies are limited to the random electromagnetic vortex-free beams. Recently, Gbur and Tyson analyzed the propagation of scalar vortex beams such as Laguerre–Gaussian beams through weak-to-strong atmospheric turbulence and topological charge conservation by using multiple phase screen simulation, and showed that the topological charge could be used as an information carrier in optical communications [14]. Thus, an interesting question arises: what will happen for the generalized Stokes parameters of random electromagnetic vortex beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence? The purpose of the present paper is to study the changes in the generalized Stokes parameters of random electromagnetic vortex beams through atmospheric turbulence. In Sect. 2 the analytical expressions for the generalized Stokes parameters of random electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) vortex beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence are derived. Changes in the on-axis and transverse spectral Stokes parameters of random electromagnetic GSM vortex beams in atmospheric turbulence and comparison with those of random electromagnetic GSM vortex-free beams are illustrated by numerical calculation examples in Sect. 3. Section 4 concludes the main results obtained in this paper.
J. Li · C. Ding · B. Lü
Received: 8 June 2010 / Revised version: 20 August 2010 / Published online: 20 November 2010 © Springer-Verlag 2010
Abstract By using the extended Huygens–Fresnel principle, the analytical expressions for the generalized Stokes parameters of random electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (GSM) vortex beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence are derived, and used to study the changes in spectral Stokes parameters of random electromagnetic GSM vortex beams in atmospheric turbulence and to compare the results of random electromagnetic GSM vortex-free beams. The influence of atmospheric turbulence on the spectral Stokes parameters is analyzed. The validity of our results is interpreted physically.
Appl Phys B (2011) 103: 245–255 DOI 10.1007/s00340-010-4289-y
Generalized Stokes parameters of random electromagnetic vortex beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence
1 Introduction The Stokes parameters have been generalized recently from one-point quantities to two-point counterparts by Korotkova and Wolf [1]. The generalized Stokes parameters have attracted much attention because they contain information about both the polarization and the coherence properties of the beam [1–9]. The propagation properties of random electromagnetic beams and their generalized Stokes parameters in free space, through atmospheric turbulence and
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beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence are given by Wij (ρ 1 , ρ 2 , z) = k 2πz
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d 2 ρ1
d 2 ρ2 Wij (s 1 , s 2 , 0)
Wxx (s 1 , s 2 , 0, ω) Wxy (s 1 , s 2 , 0, ω) , Wyx (s 1 , s 2 , 0, ω) Wyy (s 1 , s 2 , 0, ω) (1)
× exp −
ik (ρ − s 1 )2 − (ρ 2 − s 2 )2 2L 1 (5)
× exp ψ ∗ (ρ 1 , s 1 ) + ψ(ρ 2 , s 2 ) ,