Far-Field implications of laser transmission through a compressible shear layer

Proceedings of SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4272, Issue , 2001, Pages 245-249

  Cicchiello, J M ^a   Fitzgerald, E J ^a   Jumper, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aero optic; Fourier optics; Free space communications; Shear layer

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; FOURIER OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SHEAR FLOW; SPACE OPTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVEFRONTS;

COMPRESSIBLE SHEAR LAYER; FAR-FIELD IRRADIANCE PATTERN; FREE-SPACE COMMUNICATION; HIGH-MACH-NUMBER; LARGE-APERTURE APPROXIMATION; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034860446     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.430786     Document Type: Article

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