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Ghost Imaging with a Partially Coherent Beam Carrying Twist Phase in a Turbulent Ocean: A Numerical Approach
| Title: | Ghost Imaging with a Partially Coherent Beam Carrying Twist Phase in a Turbulent Ocean: A Numerical Approach |
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| Authors: | Yonglei Liu, Xianlong Liu, Lin Liu, Fei Wang, Yuping Zhang, Yangjian Cai |
| Source: | Applied Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 15, p 3023 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: | MDPI AG, 2019. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Collection: | LCC:Technology LCC:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) LCC:Biology (General) LCC:Physics LCC:Chemistry |
| Subject Terms: | ghost imaging, coherence and statistical optics, oceanic turbulence, twist phase, Technology, Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TA1-2040, Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Physics, QC1-999, Chemistry, QD1-999 |
| More Details: | Ghost imaging (GI) is an indirect imaging approach that can retrieve an object’s image even in a harsh environment through measuring the fourth-order correlation function (FOCF) between the signal and idle optical paths. In this paper, we study lensless GI with a partially coherent beam carrying twist phase, i.e., twisted Gaussian Schell-model (TGSM) beam, in the presence of oceanic turbulence. Explicit expression of the FOCF is derived based on the optical coherence theory and Rytov approximation, and the effects of the twist phase and the oceanic turbulence on the quality and visibility of image are investigated in detail through numerical examples. Our results show that the simulated oceanic turbulence strongly affects the GI. The quality of image decreases monotonously with an increase of the strength of turbulence whereas the visibility increases. When the illumination light carries a twist phase, the visibility of the image is improved while the quality of the image is reduced in contrast to those without a twist phase. By properly selecting the strength of the twist phase, the image can still be maintained at an acceptable level of quality with high visibility. Furthermore, it is found that the quality and visibility of the ghost image are less affected by the oceanic turbulence using a TGSM beam with larger twist factor. Our findings will be useful for the application of GI in an oceanic turbulent environment. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2076-3417 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/15/3023; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3417 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/app9153023 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/c9cdcd3d8a8c4d76a5ba17d1c691ffbc |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.9cdcd3d8a8c4d76a5ba17d1c691ffbc |
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| ISSN: | 20763417 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/app9153023 |
| Published in: | Applied Sciences |
| Language: | English |