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Experimental demonstration of coupling of an electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beam into a single-mode optical fiber

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We demonstrate experimentally the procedure of coupling of a stochastic electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model (EGSM) beam into a single-mode optical fiber. We find that the coupling efficiency depends closely on the coherence and polarization properties of the EGSM beam, which is consistent with theoretical prediction. Our results may find applications in connection with free-space optical communications and LIDARs, where coupling of a stochastic beam into an optical fiber is inevitable encountered.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 10904102 & 61008009 &11104195, the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of PR China under Grant No. 200928, the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province under Grant No. BK2009114, the Huo Ying Dong Education Foundation of China under Grant No. 121009, the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education under Grant No. 210081, the Universities Natural Science Research Project of Jiangsu Province Grant Nos. 10KJB140011 & 11KJB140007, the Project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, and the National College Students Innovation Experiment Program under Grant No. 111028510. O. Korotkova’s research is funded by the US ONR (Grant N00189-12-P-0114).

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    Chengliang Zhao, Yuan Dong, Gaofeng Wu, Fei Wang & Yangjian Cai

  2. Department of Physics, University of Miami Coral, Gables, FL, 33146, USA

    Olga Korotkova

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Zhao, C., Dong, Y., Wu, G. et al. Experimental demonstration of coupling of an electromagnetic Gaussian Schell-model beam into a single-mode optical fiber. Appl. Phys. B 108, 891–895 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-5176-5

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