title: Influence of atmospheric turbulence on the properties of specular and antispecular beams.
abstract: A class of optical fields with specular or antispecular properties can be generated by a Gaussian Schell-model beam passing through a wavefront-folding interferometer. Based on the generalized diffraction integral formula, an analytical expression for the cross-spectral density function of such fields propagating through non-Kolmogorov atmospheric turbulence is derived. It is revealed that the specular and antispecular properties of the beams always maintain during propagation in free space. However, the specularity and antispecularity properties of the beams become different in atmosphere, since they are quickly destroyed by the atmospheric turbulence.
authors.forename: Zhaotao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Mengwen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Daomu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao