Scintillation reduction by use of multiple Gaussian laser beams with different wavelengths

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 883-885

  Peleg, Avner ^a   Moloney, Jerome V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser beam transmission; Optical turbulence; Partially coherent light; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

GAUSSIAN LASER BEAMS; RYTOV APPROXIMATION; SCINTILLATION INDEX; SPOT SIZE;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 34249773990     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.897559     Document Type: Article

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