Fade statistics and aperture averaging for Gaussian beam waves in moderate-to-strong turbulence

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3780-3789

  Vetelino, Frida Strömqvist ^a   Young, Cynthia ^a   Andrews, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

GAMMA-GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS; GAUSSIAN BEAM WAVE PROPAGATION; LASERCOM SYSTEMS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 34547995236     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.003780     Document Type: Article

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