Mode analysis of spreading of partially coherent beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence

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

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1094-1102

  Shirai, Tomohiro ^a,b   Dogariu, Aristide ^b   Wolf, Emil ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; FUNCTIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SPECTRAL DENSITY;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 0042575485     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.001094     Document Type: Article

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