PMID- 37157503 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20230509 LR - 20230509 IS - 1094-4087 (Electronic) IS - 1094-4087 (Linking) VI - 31 IP - 6 DP - 2023 Mar 13 TI - Coherence singularity and evolution of partially coherent Bessel-Gaussian vortex beams. PG - 9308-9318 LID - 10.1364/OE.483647 [doi] AB - For a partially coherent Bessel-Gaussian (PCBG) vortex beam, information regarding the topological charge (TC) is hidden in the phase of the cross-spectral density (CSD) function. We theoretically and experimentally confirmed that during free-space propagation, the number of coherence singularities is equal to the magnitude of the TC. In contrast to the Laguerre-Gaussian vortex beam, this quantitative relationship only holds for the case with an off-axis reference point for the PCBG vortex beam. The phase winding direction is determined by the sign of the TC. We developed a scheme for CSD phase measurement of PCBG vortex beams and verified the aforementioned quantitative relationship at different propagation distances and coherence widths. The findings of this study may be useful for optical communications. FAU - Zhu, Junan AU - Zhu J FAU - Zhang, Hao AU - Zhang H FAU - Wang, Zhuoyi AU - Wang Z FAU - Zhao, Xuechun AU - Zhao X FAU - Lu, Xingyuan AU - Lu X FAU - Cai, Yangjian AU - Cai Y FAU - Zhao, Chengliang AU - Zhao C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Opt Express JT - Optics express JID - 101137103 SB - IM EDAT- 2023/05/09 06:42 MHDA- 2023/05/09 06:43 CRDT- 2023/05/09 02:07 PHST- 2023/05/09 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/09 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/09 02:07 [entrez] AID - 527042 [pii] AID - 10.1364/OE.483647 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Opt Express. 2023 Mar 13;31(6):9308-9318. doi: 10.1364/OE.483647.