Estimation of laser beam pointing parameters in the presence of atmospheric turbulence

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6010-6018

  Borah, Deva K ^a   Voelz, David G ^a  

^a New Mexico State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ESTIMATION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; JITTER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

GAUSSIAN FAR-FIELD MEAN IRRADIANCE PROFILE; LASER POINTING SYSTEM; LOGNORMAL; MECHANICAL BORESIGHT; WAVE OPTICS SIMULATION;

LASER BEAMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 35948971022     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.006010     Document Type: Article

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