Propagation of phase-locked partially coherent flattened beam array in turbulent atmosphere

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1254-1258

  Zhou, Pu ^a   Liu, Zejin ^a   Xu, Xiaojun ^a   Chu, Xiuxiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Flattened laser beam; Laser beam array; Partially coherent

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; BEAM PROPAGATION FACTOR; FLATTENED BEAMS; FLATTENED LASER BEAM; HUYGENS-FRESNEL PRINCIPLE; LASER BEAM ARRAY; PARTIALLY COHERENT; TRANSVERSE COHERENCE; TURBULENT ATMOSPHERE;

LASER BEAMS; LASERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 68849117717     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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