Effective radius of curvature of partially coherent Hermite-Gaussian beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence

Journal of Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Ji, Xiaoling ^a   Li, Xiaoqing ^a  

^a SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Effective radius of curvature; Partially coherent Hermite Gaussian (HG) beam; Turbulence; Wigner distribution function (WDF)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE;

BEAM COHERENCE; BEAM ORDERINGS; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; HERMITE GAUSSIAN BEAMS; PARTIALLY COHERENT; WIGNER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 77951863157     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/12/3/035403     Document Type: Article

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