Measurements of the beam-wave fluctuations over a 142-km atmospheric path

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6304, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Perlot, N ^a   Giggenbach, D ^a   Henniger, H ^a   Horwath, J ^a   Knapek, M ^a   Zettl, K ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free space optics; Optical turbulence; Scintillation; Wavefront distortions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COHERENT LIGHT; LASER BEAMS; PLASMA OSCILLATIONS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL THEORY;

BEAM WAVE FLUCTUATIONS; FREE SPACE OPTICS; OPTICAL TURBULENCE; WAVEFRONT DISTORTIONS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 33750727328     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.681207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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