Double pass fade statistics of a laser beam under moderate to strong atmospheric turbulence

Proceedings of SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4272, Issue , 2001, Pages 260-267

  Al Habash, M A ^a   Andrews, L C ^a   Phillips, R L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam propagation; Double pass scintillation; Fade probability; Laser radar; Point target

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

DOUBLE PASS FADE STATISTICS; DOUBLE PASS SCINTILLATION; FADE PROBABILITY; GAMMA-GAMMA PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; GAUSSIAN BEAM; SCINTILLOMETER INSTRUMENT;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0034867840     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.430787     Document Type: Article

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