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Published June 1, 1988 | Published
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Coupled-mode theory approach to depolarization associated with propagation in turbulent media

Abstract

The problem of light depolarization in a turbulent atmosphere is revisited by means of coupled-mode theory [ D. Marcuse, Theory of Dielectric Optical Waveguides ( Academic, New York, 1974)]. This allows, in particular, evaluation of the depolarization ratio for a plane wave and comparison of its expression with the one obtained in the frame of two distinct approaches predicting different behaviors [ A. A. M. Saleh, IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-3, 540 ( 1967); J. W. Strohbehn and S. F. Clifford. IEEE Trans Antennas Propag. AP-15, 416 ( 1967)]. It is shown that both approaches give the same result when calculated to the same order in both smallness parameters relevant to the problem, thus resolving a controversy of more than 20 years.

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© 1988 Optical Society of America. Received 17 July 1987. This work has been partially supported by Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione. This paper was presented at the May 1987 Agard Meeting on Scattering and Propagation in Random Media, Rome, Italy.

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