Turbulence-induced degradation properties of partially coherent flat-topped beams

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 357-362

  Alavinejad, M ^a   Ghafary, B ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Partially coherent flat topped beams; Propagation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

PARTIALLY COHERENT FLAT-TOPPED BEAMS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 39649112865     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2007.12.005     Document Type: Review

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