Effective tensor approach for simulating the propagation of partially coherent Hermite–sinh–Gaussian beams through an ABCD optical system in turbulent atmosphere
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Hongjie Ma; Jinsong Li; Pengjie Sun
- Source
- Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 36:2011
- Subject
- Physics
business.industry
Turbulence
Gaussian
01 natural sciences
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Intensity (physics)
010309 optics
symbols.namesake
Optics
0103 physical sciences
symbols
Physics::Accelerator Physics
Light beam
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Spatial frequency
Tensor
business
Beam (structure)
Gaussian beam
- Language
- ISSN
- 1520-8532
1084-7529
An efficient tensor approach is used to simulate the propagation of partially coherent Hermite-sinh-Gaussian (H-ShG) beams through an ABCD optical system in a turbulent atmosphere. Analytical expressions for the average intensity are derived. The properties of the average intensity of the beam are studied numerically. It is found that the average intensity distribution of the beam is almost independent of the structure constant of turbulence when the spatial coherence length is very small and the beam with larger spatial coherence length is less affected by the turbulent atmosphere. Moreover, the transition from an H-ShG beam into a Gaussian beam becomes quicker with smaller beam order and smaller Sh parameters.