Free space optical system performance for a gaussian beam propagating through non-kolmogorov weak turbulence

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1783-1788

  Toselli, Italo ^a,b   Andrews, Larry C ^a   Phillips, Ronald L ^a   Ferrero, Valter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Beam spreading; Bit error rate (BER); Fade; Non Kolmogorov spectrum; Scintillation; Signal to noise ratio (SNR); Structure function

Indexed keywords

BEAM SPREADING; BIT ERROR RATE (BER); FADE; NON KOLMOGOROV SPECTRUM; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO (SNR); STRUCTURE FUNCTION;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERICS; BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POWER SPECTRUM; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 67649407560     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2019871     Document Type: Article

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