Simulating Random Optical Fields: Tutorial
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-29-2022
Abstract
Excerpt: Numerous applications—including optical communications, directed energy, remote sensing, and optical tweezing—utilize the principles of statistical optics and optical coherence theory. Simulation of these phenomena is, therefore, critical in the design of new technologies for these and other such applications. For this reason, this tutorial describes how to generate random electromagnetic field instances or realizations consistent with a given or desired cross-spectral density matrix for use in wave optics simulations.
Source Publication
Journal of the Optical Society of America A
Recommended Citation
Milo Wilt Hyde, "Simulating random optical fields: tutorial," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 39, 2383-2397 (2022)
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Code availability: M. Hyde, “MATLAB R2018b electromagnetic Gaussian pseudo-Schell model beam simulation,” figshare, 2022, https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19918237.