Generation and propagation of a partially coherent vector beam with special correlation functions

Y Chen, F Wang, L Liu, C Zhao, Y Cai, O Korotkova - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
We introduce a general optical system for synthesis of partially coherent vector beams with a
variety of correlation functions. In particular we employ it for generation of the family of …

Experimental generation of a radially polarized beam with controllable spatial coherence

F Wang, Y Cai, Y Dong, O Korotkova - Applied Physics Letters, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We have experimentally generated a radially polarized (RP) beam with controllable state of
spatial coherence by using a rotating ground-glass plate and a radial polarization converter …

Scintillation index of a multi-Gaussian Schell-model beam in turbulent atmosphere

Y Yuan, X Liu, F Wang, Y Chen, Y Cai, J Qu… - Optics …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Multi-Gaussian Schell-model (MGSM) beam was introduced recently [Sahin and
Korotkova, Opt. Lett. 37 (2012) 2970; Korotkova et al., J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 29 (2012) 2159]. In …

Second-order statistics of a twisted Gaussian Schell-model beam in turbulent atmosphere

F Wang, Y Cai - Optics Express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We present a detailed investigation of the second-order statistics of a twisted Gaussian
Schell-model (TGSM) beam propagating in turbulent atmosphere. Based on the extended …

Generation and propagation of a vector cosine-Gaussian correlated beam with radial polarization

S Zhu, Y Chen, J Wang, H Wang, Z Li, Y Cai - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Scalar cosine-Gaussian-correlated Schell-model (CGCSM) beams of circular or rectangular
symmetry were introduced just recently. In this paper, a new kind of partially coherent vector …

Second-order statistics of a radially polarized cosine-Gaussian correlated Schell-model beam in anisotropic turbulence

J Wang, S Zhu, H Wang, Y Cai, Z Li - Optics Express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Recently, we introduced a new class of radially polarized cosine-Gaussian correlated Schell-
model (CGCSM) beams of rectangular symmetry based on the partially coherent …

Computational approaches for generating electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model sources

S Basu, MW Hyde IV, X Xiao, DG Voelz… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Two different methodologies for generating an electromagnetic Gaussian-Schell model
source are discussed. One approach uses a sequence of random phase screens at the …

Generation of arbitrary radially polarized array beams by manipulating correlation structure

S Zhu, J Wang, X Liu, Y Cai, Z Li - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a convenient approach for simultaneously manipulating the amplitude and
polarization of light beams by means of the modulation of the correlation structure. As an …

Partially coherent laser beams propagating in jet engine exhaust induced turbulence

H Nabil, A Balhamri, A Belafhal - Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2022 - Springer
In this work, the propagation properties of an Electromagnetic Multi-Gaussian Schell-model
beam (EMGSMB) propagating through a jet engine exhaust are investigated. We derive …

Detection of a semirough target in turbulent atmosphere by a partially coherent beam

G Wu, Y Cai - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
The inverse problem of the interaction of an isotropic Gaussian Schell-model beam with a
semirough target in turbulent atmosphere is investigated. It is found that we can determine …