Measurements of the four-point coherence function using the coherence enhancement phenomenon

Alexey Nikolaevic Bogaturov; Christopher Dainty; Vladimir Alexeevich Myakinin; Christopher J. Solomon; Nicholas J. Wooder

doi:10.1117/12.228493

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15 December 1995 Measurements of the four-point coherence function using the coherence enhancement phenomenon

Alexey Nikolaevic Bogaturov, Christopher Dainty, Vladimir Alexeevich Myakinin, Christopher J. Solomon, Nicholas J. Wooder

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Proceedings Volume 2580, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228493
Event: Satellite Remote Sensing II, 1995, Paris, France

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Experimental observations of the coherence enhancement phenomenon are presented and described. We have illuminated an optically rough moving target through turbulence using two mutually coherent point sources and observed the interference of the scattered fields in the region close to the sources (the region of coherence enhancement) with the help of a special interferometric system. The experiment was carried out under weak and strong intensity fluctuations on the object. Our study shows that the intensity distribution in the region of coherence enhancement is determined by the four-point correlation function and depends on the inner scale of the turbulence.

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Alexey Nikolaevic Bogaturov, Christopher Dainty, Vladimir Alexeevich Myakinin, Christopher J. Solomon, and Nicholas J. Wooder "Measurements of the four-point coherence function using the coherence enhancement phenomenon", Proc. SPIE 2580, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems, (15 December 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228493

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