Spectral properties of partially coherent chirped Airy pulsed beam in oceanic turbulence

Abstract

Spectral shifts and spectral intensities of partially coherent chirped Airy pulsed (PCCAP) beams propagating through oceanic turbulence are studied, where spectral properties of partially coherent chirped Gaussian pulsed (PCCGP) beams are also compared. The effects of optical parameters and oceanic turbulence parameters on spectral shifts at different observation positions are mainly discussed. It is shown that the spectral shift of PCCAP beam is richer than that of PCCGP beam, and there exists some critical positions for PCCAP beams where the spectral red-shift reaches its maximum. The spectral red-shift increases with increasing chirped parameter, correlation length or decreasing pulse duration. However, the increasing of spectral red-shift is accompanied by increasing dissipation rate of turbulence kinetic energy in unit mass liquid or decreasing relative intensity of temperature and salinity fluctuations, mean square temperature dissipation rate. A physical explanation of rapid spectral transition is also made.