The aggregate behavior of branch points- A proposal for an atmospheric turbulence layer sensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7816, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sanchez, Darryl J ^a   Oesch, Denis W ^b   Tewksbury, Carolyn M ^a   Kelly, Patrick R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric turbulence; Branch points

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE BEHAVIOR; BRANCH POINTS; PUPIL PLANES; TURBULENCE LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; SENSORS; WAVEFRONTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 77958016783     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.859883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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