Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2010/iii/paper-70/2/c/solution

For the given Gaussian radial spectrum, the only needed integral is
If is interpreted with the self-reciprocal Hankel pair in the supplied hint, the coherent field is
In this convention and hence , directly verifying the attenuation coefficient. If instead the stated spectrum is the unnormalized Cartesian Fourier transform, use its inverse normalization and obtain
Its transverse covariance coefficient is then . The apparent difference is precisely the inconsistent Fourier/Hankel normalization in the printed hint, not a difference in stochastic propagation. For a unit constant entrance field the Fresnel factor is one; coherent intensity is the square of the displayed mean amplitude.

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