Accession Number:

AD0744122

Title:

Research in Interaction of Coherent Light with Solids and with Turbulent Atmospheres.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

HUGHES RESEARCH LABS MALIBU CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Brown,Wilbur P. , Jr

Report Date:

1972-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

117.0

Abstract:

The report summarizes the objectives and results of research on propagation in random media conducted under the contract. The principal results include the numerical solution of the partial-differential equation for the fourth moment of a two-dimensional plane wave propagating in a random medium and the preparation of an extensive discussion of the applications of multiple-scattering theories in the analysis of the effects of atmospheric turbulence in radar, imaging, communication, and detection systems. Author

Descriptors:

• *COHERENT RADIATION
• LIGHT TRANSMISSION
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• INTERACTIONS
• TURBULENCE
• SCATTERING
• REFRACTIVE INDEX
• RADAR IMAGES
• OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
• LASERS

Subject Categories:

• Optics
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE