The effect of atmospheric turbulence on the propagation properties of optical vortices formed by using coherent laser beam arrays

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Li Gang ^a,b   Zheng, Wei Wei ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Laser arrays; Propagation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; COHERENT LASER BEAMS; DECOHERENCE EFFECTS; FREE SPACE; GAUSSIANS; HUYGENS-FRESNEL DIFFRACTION INTEGRALS; INCOHERENT LIGHT; LASER ARRAYS; OPTICAL VORTICES; OUTPUT BEAM; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PROPAGATION; PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; SHAPED BEAM; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; TURBULENT ATMOSPHERE; VORTEX PROPERTIES; WEAKLY TURBULENT;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DIFFRACTION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; LIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 70350569543     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/6/065703     Document Type: Article

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