Quantum effects of a partially coherent beam propagating through the atmosphere

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6710, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Berman, Gennady P ^a   Chumak, Aleksandr A ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Fluctuation of light; Partial coherence; Photon distribution function; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SOURCES; PHOTONS; TURBULENCE;

FLUCTUATION OF LIGHT; PARTIAL COHERENCE; PHOTON DENSITY; PHOTON DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 42149106257     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.732641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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