The measurement of optical coherence loss in Atlantic waters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 160, Issue , 1978, Pages 154-164

  Stachnik, William J ^a  

^a NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FORWARD SCATTERING; GRANULATION; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER BEAMS - APPLICATIONS; LIGHT - COHERENT;

DEGREE OF COHERENCE; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; INTERFERING BEAMS; OPTICAL PARAMETER; SHORT TIME INTERVALS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ARGON LASERS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0018228806     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.956861     Document Type: Conference Paper

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