Horizontal line-of-sight turbulence over near-ground paths and implications for adaptive optics corrections in laser communications

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 4553-4560

  Levine, B Martin ^a   Martinsen, Elizabeth A ^a   Wirth, Allan ^a   Jankevics, Andrew ^a   Toledo Quinones, Manuel ^a,b   Landers, Frank ^a   Bruno, Theresa L ^a  

^a Adaptive Optics Associates   (United States)

^b Department of Biology Chemistry and Environmental Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SCINTILLATION; STATISTICAL OPTICS;

HORIZONTAL PATH TURBULENCE; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; PHASE ONLY CORRECTION; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY MEASUREMENT; WAVE FRONT SENSOR;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0032118796     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.004553     Document Type: Article

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