Ghost Imaging with a Partially Coherent Beam Carrying Twist Phase in a Turbulent Ocean: A Numerical Approach

Applied Sciences

Fei Wang¹  Xianlong Liu¹  Yuping Zhang²  Yangjian Cai²  Yonglei Liu³  Lin Liu³ 

[1] Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China;School of Physical Science and Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China;;Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations &

关键词: ghost imaging;    coherence and statistical optics;    oceanic turbulence;    twist phase;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app9153023

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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