Beam propagation factor of partially coherent flat-topped beams in a turbulent atmosphere

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 15563-15575

  Dan, Youquan ^a,b   Zhang, Bin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CIVIL AVIATION FLIGHT UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; POWER SPECTRUM; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TURBULENCE;

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; BEAM PROPAGATION FACTOR; EXTENDED HUYGENS-FRESNEL PRINCIPLES; PROPAGATION DISTANCES; REFRACTIVE INDEX FLUCTUATIONS; SPATIAL POWER SPECTRUMS; TURBULENT ATMOSPHERE; WIGNER DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASER; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 54749156361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.015563     Document Type: Article

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