Angular spectrum representation for the propagation of arbitrary coherent and partially coherent beams through atmospheric turbulence

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

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 745-752

  Gbur, Greg ^a   Korotkova, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL OPTICS;

ANGULAR SPECTRUM REPRESENTATION; COHERENT BEAM; RYTOV THEORY; VON KARMEN MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 34047120222     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.24.000745     Document Type: Article

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