Accession Number:
ADA001222
Title:
Field Fluctuations of a Laser Beam Propagating in a Turbulent Atmosphere,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1974-08-27
Pagination or Media Count:
16.0
Abstract:
Using the approximating method of smooth perturbations, the variance, correlation, and structural functions of the fluctuations of the logarithm of the amplitude and phase of a laser beam propagating in a turbulent atmosphere were analyzed numerically as a function of the dimensions of the emitting aperture, the focussing radiation conditions, and the coordinates of the observation points in the plane perpendicular to the beam axis.
Subject Categories:
- Lasers and Masers
- Optics