"Hidden phase" in two-wavelength adaptive optics

Propagation through and characterization of atmospheric and oceanic phenomena: introduction to the joint feature issue in Applied Optics and Journal of the Optical Society of America A

This joint feature issue in Applied Optics and JOSA A collects articles focused on the topic of propagation through and characterization of atmospheric oceanic phenomena. The papers cover a broad range of topics, many of which were addressed at the 2023 Propagation Through and Characterization of Atmospheric Oceanic Phenomena (pcAOP) Topical Meeting at the Optica Imaging Congress in Boston, Massachusetts, 14-17 August 2023. These papers are supplemented by numerous examples of the current state of research in the field. This is the first pcAOP feature issue, with the intention to produce an issue on this topic every two years.

Propagation through and characterization of atmospheric and oceanic phenomena: introduction to the joint feature issue in Applied Optics and Journal of the Optical Society of America A

This joint feature issue in Applied Optics and JOSA A collects articles focused on the topic of propagation through and characterization of atmospheric oceanic phenomena. The papers cover a broad range of topics, many of which were addressed at the 2023 Propagation Through and Characterization of Atmospheric Oceanic Phenomena (pcAOP) Topical Meeting at the Optica Imaging Congress in Boston, Massachusetts, 14-17 August 2023. These papers are supplemented by numerous examples of the current state of research in the field. This is the first pcAOP feature issue, with the intention to produce an issue on this topic every two years.

Scaled-laboratory demonstrations of deep-turbulence conditions

This paper uses five spatially distributed reflective liquid-crystal phase modulators (LcPMs) to accurately simulate deep-turbulence conditions in a scaled-laboratory environment. In practice, we match the Fresnel numbers for long-range, horizontal-path scenarios using optical trombones and relays placed between the reflective LcPMs. Similar to computational wave-optic simulations, we also command repeatable high-resolution phase screens to the reflective LcPMs with the proper path-integrated spatial and temporal Kolmogorov statistics.