Turbulent statistics of laser beam intensity on ground-to-satellite optical link

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4678, Issue , 2002, Pages 132-143

  Banakh, V A ^a   Falits, A V ^a  

^a V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Simulation; Zernike polynomials

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION; SCINTILLATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

OPTICAL GROUND STATION;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0036029558     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.458432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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