Changes in polarization properties of partially polarized, partially coherent vectorial cosh-Gaussian beams propagating in oceanic turbulence

Abstract

Changes in polarization properties of partially polarized, partially coherent vectorial cosh-Gaussian (ChG) beams propagating in oceanic turbulence are studied with the unified theory of coherence and polarization. Numerical examples of changes in optical intensity and polarization properties such as the degree of polarization, orientation angle, and degree of ellipticity of the beam propagating in the turbulent ocean are given. We find that both parameters of the source and oceanic turbulence have an effect upon the polarization properties of the beam. The degree of polarization fluctuates when the ChG beam propagates in the oceanic turbulence, and it has an obvious reconstruction phenomenon in the far-field zone.