Scintillation index for two Gaussian laser beams with different wavelengths in weak atmospheric turbulence

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

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3114-3122

  Peleg, Avner ^a   Moloney, Jerome V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTIMIZATION;

GAUSSIAN LASER BEAM; RYTOV APPROXIMATION; SCINTILLATION INDEX; WAVELENGTHS;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 33845868555     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.23.003114     Document Type: Article

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