Experimental study of coherence enhancement effects after backscattering from rough surfaces through turbulence

Vladimir Alexeevich Myakinin; Christopher J. Solomon

doi:10.1117/12.178040

29 June 1994 Experimental study of coherence enhancement effects after backscattering from rough surfaces through turbulence

Vladimir Alexeevich Myakinin, Christopher J. Solomon

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Proceedings Volume 2222, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178040
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The phenomenon of coherence enhancement after double passage propagation through turbulence has previously been experimentally observed for a system comprising of a mirror illuminated by two point-sources. The degree of coherence enhancement obtained was increased significantly in an experiment which manipulated the polarization states of the illumination and reflected light. The physical nature of this phenomenon consists basically in the appearance of correlation in the backscattered field in regions around the illumination sources. Essentially it is a result of reciprocity--any optical paths through the turbulence which begins at one source and ends on the other has its' corresponding partner which traverses the same paths in the same direction. Accordingly, we can expect from simple physical considerations that the same effect of coherence enhancement may be observed after backscattering from optically rough surfaces. In this report, we present results of experimental investigation of this phenomenon and describe an experimental system that demonstrates the phenomenon of coherence enhancement after backscattering from rough surface through turbulence.

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Vladimir Alexeevich Myakinin and Christopher J. Solomon "Experimental study of coherence enhancement effects after backscattering from rough surfaces through turbulence", Proc. SPIE 2222, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III, (29 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178040

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