Heterodyne measurements of laser light scattering by a turbulent phase screen

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 532-542

  Ridley, Kevin D ^a   Watson, Stephen M ^b   Jakeman, Eric ^b   Harris, Michael ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HETERODYNING; LIGHT SCATTERING; TURBULENCE;

LASER SYSTEMS; TURBULENT PHASE SCREEN;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0037137801     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.000532     Document Type: Article

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