Propagation of vector vortex beams through a turbulent atmosphere

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 17829-17836

  Cheng, Wen ^a   Haus, Joseph W ^a   Zhan, Qiwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; SCINTILLATION; VECTOR SPACES; VECTORS; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; DEGREE OF POLARIZATION; FREE-SPACE COMMUNICATION; PROPAGATION DISTANCES; PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; RADIALLY POLARIZED BEAM; SCINTILLATION INDEX; TURBULENT ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 70349683198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.017829     Document Type: Article

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