Superimposed partially coherent beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 825-833

  Ji, Xiaoling ^a   Zhang, Entao ^b   Lü, Baida ^b  

^a SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; SCINTILLATION; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

ANALYTICAL PROPAGATION EQUATION; BEAM WIDTHS; BETA PARAMETER; COHERENCE PARAMETERS; CROSS SPECTRAL DENSITIES; GAUSSIAN SCHELL-MODEL BEAMS; PARTIALLY COHERENT BEAM; POWER IN THE BUCKET;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 55349145935     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.25.000825     Document Type: Article

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