Analytical solution for the covariance and for the decorrelation time of the angle of arrival of a wave front corrugated by atmospheric turbulence

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1807-1818

  Conan, R ^a   Borgnino, J ^a   Ziad, A ^a   Martin, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FOURIER OPTICS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; WAVEFRONTS;

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0038600655     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.17.001807     Document Type: Article

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