Metric for optimizing spatially partially coherent beams for propagation through turbulence

Optical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Voelz, David G ^a   Xiao, Xifeng ^a  

^a New Mexico State University   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric turbulence; free space optics; laser communication; optimal beam; probability of fade; spatially partially coherent beam; wave optics simulation

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE LENGTHS; FREE SPACE OPTICS; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL LINK; GAUSSIAN SCHELL-MODEL BEAMS; LINK PARAMETERS; NEAR-OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMAL BEAMS; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETER; PARTIALLY COHERENT BEAM; PERFORMANCE METRICES; PROPAGATION DISTANCES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSVERSE COHERENCE; TURBULENCE STRENGTH; WAVE OPTICS SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTIMIZATION;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 65649118822     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3090435     Document Type: Article

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