Technique for interaction of optical fields with turbulent medium containing particles

Area of Science:

• Optics and Photonics
• Wave Propagation
• Turbulence Research

Background:

• Stochastic fields are crucial in various scientific domains.
• Understanding wave propagation through turbulent media is challenging.
• Particulate matter significantly affects signal transmission.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop a robust method for transmitting stochastic fields through turbulent media.
• To account for the effects of randomly distributed particles on wave propagation.
• To provide a generalized framework applicable to atmosphere, ocean, and biotissues.

Main Methods:

• Utilizing the angular spectrum representation for stochastic, statistically stationary, scalar fields.
• Applying the Rytov perturbation series for propagation in weakly fluctuating media.
• Incorporating the first Born approximation for weak scattering from particulate media.

Main Results:

• A novel method for the transmission of stochastic fields through turbulent, particulate media.
• The developed method is applicable to diverse media including atmosphere, ocean, and biotissues.
• The approach successfully models the impact of particle scattering on wave transmission.

Conclusions:

• The proposed method offers a significant advancement in modeling wave propagation through complex media.
• This work provides a unified approach for analyzing stochastic field transmission.
• The results can be extended to deterministic field transmission, such as laser propagation.