Model for a partially coherent Gaussian beam in atmospheric turbulence with application in lasercom

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 330-341

  Korotkova, Olga ^a   Andrews, Larry C ^a   Phillips, Ronald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Bit error rates; Diffuser; Lasercom; Scintillation index; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LASERCOM; MUTUAL COHERENCE FUNCTION; SCINTILLATION INDEX;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 1942424087     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1636185     Document Type: Article

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