Accession Number:
AD0763109
Title:
Effects of Turbulence Instabilities on Laser Propagation
Descriptive Note:
Summary rept. Jun 1972-Mar 1973
Corporate Author:
RCA LABS PRINCETON NJ
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Report Date:
1973-04-01
Pagination or Media Count:
31.0
Abstract:
A summary is given of the results up to February 1973 obtained under Contracts F30602-71-C-0357 and F30602-72-C-0486 regarding the behavior of laser beams in turbulent air. It appears important to make a distinction between focused and other beams. Amplitude scintillations appear to be unimportant in the former. Angle-of-arrival power spectra have been computed for a simple interferometer and these also contain the temporal information of focal-spot fluctuations.
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Subject Categories:
- Optics