Aero-optical interactions along laser beam propagation paths in compressible turbulence

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1663-1674

  Zubair, Fazlul R ^a,b,c   Catrakis, Haris J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; RELATIVE MAGNITUDES; SHEAR LAYERS;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; DIGITAL CAMERAS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 34547602361     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.27342     Document Type: Article

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