title: Scattering-induced changes in the temporal coherence length and the pulse duration of a partially coherent plane-wave pulse.
abstract: The scattering of a partially coherent plane-wave pulse on a Gaussian-correlated, quasi-homogeneous random medium is investigated. The analytical expressions for the temporal coherence length and the pulse duration of the scattered field are derived. We demonstrate that the scattering-induced changes in the temporal coherence length and the pulse duration may be used to determine the correlation function of the scattering potential of the medium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Luoyang Normal College, Luoyang, China.
authors.forename: Chaoliang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Yangjian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Korotkova
authors.forename: Yongtao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Liuzhan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D007368:Interferometry; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence