title: Electromagnetic sinc Schell-model beams and their statistical properties.
abstract: A class of electromagnetic sources with sinc Schell-model correlations is introduced. The conditions on source parameters guaranteeing that the source generates a physical beam are derived. The evolution behaviors of statistical properties for the electromagnetic stochastic beams generated by this new source on propagating in free space and in atmosphere turbulence are investigated with the help of the weighted superposition method and by numerical simulations. It is demonstrated that the intensity distributions of such beams exhibit unique features on propagating in free space and produce a double-layer flat-top profile of being shape-invariant in the far field. This feature makes this new beam particularly suitable for some special laser processing applications. The influences of the atmosphere turbulence with a non-Kolmogorov power spectrum on statistical properties of the new beams are analyzed in detail.
authors.forename: Zhangrong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Yonghua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D004867:Equipment Design; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation