In the present work, we propose an experimental setup to investigate the effect of atmospheric turbulence on user-defined beams. The user-defined beams were formed by writing reconfigurable patterns on a spatial light modulator, allowing the impact of atmospheric turbulence to be investigated simultaneously and in real time. The programmable controllability provides several flexibilities to the system, such as the ability to create different beam types simultaneously, control the separation between different beams, compensate for aberrations, and easily switch between different beam types. The experimental results illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed experimental setup for studying the impact of atmospheric turbulence on different beams simultaneously in laboratory settings using a pseudo-random phase plate.
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January 13 2025
Experimental arrangement to study the impact of atmospheric turbulence on user-defined beams
A. Jomy
;
A. Jomy
(Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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S. Mehta
;
S. Mehta
(Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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J. Jacob
;
J. Jacob
(Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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S. Anirudh
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S. Anirudh
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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D. K. Krishna
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D. K. Krishna
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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R. Kumar
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R. Kumar
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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J. Gondhalekar
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J. Gondhalekar
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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C. K. Adheena
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C. K. Adheena
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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M. Jeevan
;
M. Jeevan
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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M. S. Akshay
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M. S. Akshay
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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N. Mohan
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N. Mohan
(Investigation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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C. S. Narayanamurthy
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C. S. Narayanamurthy
(Validation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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B. Pathak
B. Pathak
a)
(Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing)
Applied and Adaptive Optics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
, Thiruvananthapuram 695547, Kerala, India
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Rev. Sci. Instrum. 96, 015109 (2025)
Article history
Received:
August 19 2024
Accepted:
December 11 2024
Citation
A. Jomy, S. Mehta, J. Jacob, S. Anirudh, D. K. Krishna, R. Kumar, J. Gondhalekar, C. K. Adheena, M. Jeevan, M. S. Akshay, N. Mohan, C. S. Narayanamurthy, B. Pathak; Experimental arrangement to study the impact of atmospheric turbulence on user-defined beams. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 January 2025; 96 (1): 015109. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0233969
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