Propagation of Bessel and Airy beams through atmospheric turbulence
Optics
2015-06-18 v1
Abstract
We investigate, through simulation, the modifications to Bessel and Airy beams during propagation through atmospheric turbulence. We find that atmospheric turbulence disrupts the quasi-non-diffracting nature of Bessel and Airy beams when the transverse coherence length (Fried parameter) nears the initial aperture diameter or diagonal respectively. The turbulence induced transverse phase distortion limits the effectiveness of Bessel and Airy beams for applications requiring propagation over long distances in the turbulent atmosphere.
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@article{arxiv.1312.0620,
title = {Propagation of Bessel and Airy beams through atmospheric turbulence},
author = {W. Nelson and J. P. Palastro and C. C. Davis and P. Sprangle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.0620},
year = {2015}
}