Approximation to beam propagation in ocean water

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2963, Issue , 1997, Pages 32-37

  Fournier, Georges R ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiple scattering; Path integral; Phase function; Propagation; Underwater

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; LIGHT; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNDERWATER IMAGING;

ACTIVE IMAGING SYSTEMS; ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; ANOMALOUS DIFFRACTIONS; BEAM PROPAGATIONS; BEAM SHAPES; CLOSED FORMS; COMPREHENSIVE MODELS; FORWARD SCATTERINGS; INDEX OF REFRACTIONS; INVERSE POWER LAWS; INVERSE POWERS; LASER BEAM PROPAGATIONS; MIE SCATTERERS; OCEAN WATERS; PATH INTEGRAL; PHASE FUNCTION; POWER LAWS; PROPAGATION; SCATTERING ANGLES; TEMPORAL SPREADING; UNDERWATER;

SCATTERING;

EID: 58049187066     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.266469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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