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Investigations on the turbulence resistant characteristics of Custom Designed Beams embedded with multiple phase singularities
Awakash Dixit
Published in Elsevier Ltd
2020
Volume: 122
   
Abstract
Investigation on the propagation of an optical beam carrying phase singularities through atmospheric turbulence attracts researcher involved in the laser projection applications. In this paper, a group of Custom Designed Beams (CDB) are designed by radially encoding the multiple singular phases at the predefined locations to study the turbulence resistant property of these beams. Generation and propagation of these CDB are investigated in free space and the presence of atmospheric turbulence. The CDB are generated by a computer-generated hologram employing on the phase-only SLM. The ensquared energy of the CDB are calculated numerically and validated with the experimental results in free-space. Also, the effect of atmospheric turbulence on the propagation of the CDB is comprehensively investigated with the help of two types of turbulence simulators, atmospheric turbulence simulator and the turbulence cell, in the laboratory. A MATLAB based modified offline video processing method is used to compute all the relevant performance parameters. The effectiveness of these beams is determined by analyzing the beam deformation/spreading as beam spreading ratio and sensitiveness towards intensity fluctuation as scintillation index with reference to the conventional Gaussian beam. It is also reported that the CDB having multiple phase singularities at predefined configuration shows a significant decrease in the percentage of intensity fluctuations as compared to the Gaussian beam. Out of all the analyzed beams, the CDB of cases C14 and C15 show a significant reduction in scintillation index by 20–30% with more energy intact at the center. Thus, CDB of cases C14 and C15 would be proposed as the preferred design for laser projection applications. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
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JournalData powered by TypesetOptics and Laser Technology
PublisherData powered by TypesetElsevier Ltd
ISSN00303992
Open AccessNo
Concepts (13)
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    ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY
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    Gaussian beams
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    Processing
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    Scintillation
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    Video signal processing
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    BEAM SPREADING
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    ENSQUARED ENERGY
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    SCINTILLATION INDEX
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    TURBULENCE CHARACTERIZATION
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    VORTEX BEAMS
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