Accurate calculation of phase screens for the modelling of laser beam propagation through atmospheric turbulence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5891, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-12

  Recolons, Jaume ^a,b   Dios, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Free space optical communications; Numerical simulation; Split step method

Indexed keywords

FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; LASER BEAM PROPAGATION; SPLIT-STEP METHOD;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTERPOLATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 29344446128     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.618476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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