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Article

Publication Date

1-2023

Abstract

We study how atmospheric turbulence affects twisted space-time beams, which are non-stationary random optical fields whose space and time dimensions are coupled with a stochastic twist. Applying the extended Huygens–Fresnel principle, we derive the mutual coherence function of a twisted space-time beam after propagating a distance z through atmospheric turbulence of arbitrary strength. We specialize the result to derive the ensemble-averaged irradiance and discuss how turbulence affects the beam’s spatial size, pulse width, and space-time twist. Lastly, we generate, in simulation, twisted space-time beam field realizations and propagate them through atmospheric phase screens to validate our analysis.

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Copyright © 2023 Milo Hyde.
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This article was changed by a Corrigendum at 10.3389/fphy.2023.1154540. 2023. Corrected figure 3 and caption are enclosed as an additional file.

DOI

10.3389/fphy.2022.1055401 --- Corrigendum: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1154540

Source Publication

Frontiers in Physics

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