Free space optical system performance for laser beam propagation through non Kolmogorov turbulence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6457, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Toselli, Italo ^a   Andrews, Larry C ^b   Phillips, Ronald L ^b   Ferrero, Valter ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Beam spread; BER; Fade; Kolmogorov spectrum; Scintillation; SNR; Structure function

Indexed keywords

KOLMOGOROV SPECTRUM; STRUCTURE FUNCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LASER BEAMS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247378607     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.698707     Document Type: Conference Paper

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